As part of our goal to explore the city during my mat leave, Joe, Martin and I went to Thian Hock Keng Temple last Friday. It's name translates to Temple of Hevely Bliss and is the holdest and most importent Hokkien temple in Singapore. It was built on the shrine to Ma-Chu-Po, the goddess of the sea, which was once the favorite landing point of Chinese sailors. The temple was built in the 1840's and restored in 2000.
It is quite nice, but deserted on a Friday afternoon.
We also walked around Chinatown, and discovered there is a night market. Wonder if it is like Taipei's night market, where they eat snakes!
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