Derek & Layla In Singapore

The past few days we spent in Lion City practically roaming the streets of North Bridge Road and its vicinities with our backpacks. This time around (yes, last trip was in January'07) we had a schedule to cover more spots than on our last travel here. Places visited this time were the usual Orchard Road regiment, Marina Bay (just the MRT station...), Boat & Clarke Quay, Peninsula/Excelsior Hotel, Funan IT Mall, Bugis Junction, Bras Basah Complex, Jurong Bird Park, and to a fun fair in Woodlands. Bought a couple of Mac accessories and lots of guitar accessories: strings, strap, and picks (they are really cheap here mates! compared to in Malaysia). The missus and I enjoyed the bird park excursion the most, lots of species and good environment as well. Topping it all was a visit to the Ben & Jerry ice cream stall at the exit of the park; yummy yummy!
Singapore has got to be a haven for vintage guitar collecting at least in South East Asia. Nothing I've seen in this region closer to that in Singapore. The best in Asia is of course, in Tokyo. We had a blast of a time walking around in the basement of the Excelsior and bumping into at least 3-4 guitar stores corner to corner. Kudos to Singaporeans for a very dynamic venture into a business almost non-existent over here in KL. Saw lots of old Strats in one particular shop in the Peninsula Plaza. And man, he has a good collection...
All in all, a productive trip indeed...