Old buildings along Singapore River
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Next stop only first full day was Kranji War Cemetery. It's a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery dedicated to those who died defending Singapore against the Japanese in World War II.
Kranji War Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Next to Kranji War Cemetery is the State Cemetery. Only two people are buried here so far; one of them is Dr. Benjamin Henry Sheares, the first president of the Republic of Singapore.
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Grave of Benjamin Henry Sheares
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Then I returned. Once back in Chinatown I stopped at the Buddha Tooth Temple for a spell.
A wall of Buddhas
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I'll have to explore that temple more.
Then I got together with my friend Harry and some of his co-workers and did a little pub crawling. Drank many beers. Some of the bars were pretty wild. That's another story.