An assortment of travel tales, photos and video clips from my eight trips to Southeast Asia, covering the countries of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.
I have uploaded a video of my visit to Singapore's original Geylang Serai Wet Market (Pasar Geylang Serai), with video clips and photos taken in December 2007 to my YouTube page. The market was opened in 1964 by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The single-story wet market had a rough start due to race riots at the time, with many of the slated street hawkers to occupy the market backing out for fear of attacks. As Singapore embarked on a nationwide policy of providing public housing in the form of HBD flats from the mid 1960's to the 1980's, Geylang Serai underwent redevelopment, and by the 1970's the wet market thrived with the rise in population, and was upgraded and expanded in 1975. In 2006, the old market and HDB flat were torn down and rebuilt in stages, with the new two-story wet market and food center having its soft opening in 2009 and full opening in 2011. The photos that are included in the video appear below. Enjoy!
