Churches

This afternoon we visited St Andrews Cathedral in Singapore. It was originally founded in the early 1800s. We were told that it was specifically placed between the British on one side and the Chinese on the other.

The church itself is beautiful. You are allowed to walk in and tour it and I'm always amazed at the beauty you find inside of old churches. The best part was that they were in the middle of practicing for a concert that evening with their recently restored pipe organ.

I figured it'd be kind of fun to share the sounds of Singapore with you instead of just my descriptions and pictures. So, just click on the video below for a listen:



We then headed off to Chinatown for a tour. It was amazingly quiet and uncrowded compared to the last time I was there during the height of Chinese New Year.

Here we stopped in at the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. We happened upon it at a great time as the monks were leading the congregation...do you call Buddhist temple goers that...in chants. Again, thought it'd be fun for you to be able to hear so click on the video below (apologies that Buddha appears to by laying down).