Posts Tagged ‘Little India Singapore’

It has been a trend for parents to spend part of the school holidays travelling with their children. So, like others, we will make our way to NATAS travel fair and travel agents few months ahead, committing a travel destination for our family during the school holidays.  Many of us spend lots of money buying an experience overseas, sightseeing and just have that break from Singapore.

[It is interesting how I sometimes get even more exhausted and drained after travelling long distance with two boys instead of getting that very much needed rest.]

During the recent school holidays, I called off a plan to visit my family members in Hong Kong and we decided to spend our school holidays, without travelling, in other meaningful ways.  Instead of travelling out of Singapore to learn more about the culture of others, why not I involve our boys to learn more about Singapore’s heritage and culture instead?

[I realise how much Brendan read up and researched about our travel destination overseas but how little he knows about his country's heritage].

So, that’s when we spiced up our school holidays at meaningful places in Singapore.  Instead of driving, I got our boys to plan the journey through public transport. Surprisingly, our boys appreciate MRT rides and walking more than travelling by the usual car.  Amongst a few places that we have visited like the museums, railway station, last Kampong in Singapore, Brendan suggested that we also dropped by LITTLE INDIA.

The last time I visited Little India was when I was a teenager.

It hasn’t changed much except that it is now more accessible with MRT station just at its doorstep.

The shophouses

Cultural and educational

Restaurants

And…..

The shops did not excite our Darren unless a TOY SHOP would pop up from nowhere *haha*.

However, I would say it is still a flavourful trip with the colourful architecture, rich heritage, beautiful textiles, bright jewelleries in the displays and many varieties of spices, fruits and vegetables.

The boys have been to Chinatown and I guess we would make time to drop by Geylang Serai (Malay village) too in future.