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Secrets of the Lion City

Glass and metal skyscrapers shadow covering clean and organized streets, Alltel prepaid phone calling phone cards along which grow the green palm trees is just one face of Singapore. Contemporary Singapore is a modern, dynamic and diverse metropolis from the sovereign state-city next to Monaco and the Vatican. North of the Singapore River intersects the town is situated half a Central Business District, and Chinatown (Chinese district), south of the Colonial District, Clarke chic avenues and Robertson and dozens of restaurants facing the river front. Farther to the north of the Colonial District is Little India (Little India), Kampong Glam - a Muslim and the famous quartet of Orchard Road - buyers mecca from around the world. Eastern suburbs of Singapore lies historic Katong and Geylang (red area) and Changi Airport.

Royal Yacht Britannia

Royal Yacht Britannia is a British vessel serving the royal family, now converted into a museum. FISH is a royal barge used to travel overseas foreign royal family of Windsors from Great Britan. In the twentieth of first century there was a withdrawn from the cruise, and Edinburgh, served as an exhibit to the public. Same vessel is to visit almost all the rooms of the bridge, the upper deck when the king and the guest cabin and a sailor. Great Living room, dining room, where Queen Elizabeth min. dinners hosted on prime ministers and presidents min. USA.

China - Shaolin Temple, Xian

China capable of surprise. After sterile clean Beijing - Luoyang which is to put it mildly a bit neglected. About hotels not even mention. Another surprise is the Shaolin monastery - we expected to see the temples and monks practicing - and also delighted us fantastic mountains where we spend the whole day. Oh, those beautiful china. But not Luoyang! I think I can safely say that the city is less than 1.5 million people is a terrible hole and there's not interesting! Upon arrival to the metropolis willy-nilly first station we visited. Longer remember how it works - as soon as you arrive you need necessarily to buy tickets as soon as possible and making good conditions to then get out of this place ... No such charm - nothing can not help it. So happy we have tickets to Xian (109Y) - was a bit of the obstacles because it's already the next day's departure - was, therefore, only tickets for the train at midnight.

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