Singapore China Town

Stamford Raffles, one of the original founders of modern Singapore formed a urban plan in 1822 called the Jackson plan.  The plan was control development and to give each ethnic group their own area of the town to live. The chinese had already began to congregate in the area that became China Town.  Fast forward to 2016.  Chinese comprise 74% of the population (with 13% Malay, 9% Indian and 4% "other")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Singapore

As a result,  China town has become more or less a historic/tourist shopping center. 

Main Entrance to China Town

Views of China Town

My Traveling companions Frances, my sister and Susanna my niece.  Franes' main shopping goal was to buy T-shirts that showed all of the activities you can do in Singapore that you can be fined for.  Mission accomplished.  I found then at the far end on one of the smaller alleys.  I bought a few for gifts too!

The restaurant where we ate lunch

It was a seafood restaurant and depending on what you ordered you could be in introduced to your lunch before preparation.

 Frances and Susanna enjoying their lunch!

The Hindu temple Sri Mariamman temple borders on China Town.  It was founded in 1827.  I didn't go inside this temple because I was too lazy to take off my shoes and my traveling companions were already off down the alley shopping .

We are back to the bus stop and back onto our double decker hippo tour bus