After walking into the entrance of the Terracotta Warrior exhibit, we were greeted by these soldiers:
At first, I was a little confused...I don't remember the warriors being so white and little in the pictures...plus, they were wearing headphones....I'm pretty sure it would be sacrilegious to put headphones the real ones...
Another modern interpretation of older art.
Finally we walked into the main room of the exhibit and saw some real Terracotta Warriors.
Here I am, posing with my new buddy. Don't worry it's not a real one.
We walked around the rest of the museum and checked out the other exhibits.
Some instruments
Birdcages
Entrance to the Muslim section
We came across the "interactive" exhibit and paused for a photo op.
Farmer Jennie and Farmer Andy
Here, Andy's getting ready to chauffeur me around town in this funny cart with horns....travelling in style!
Afterwards, we walked along the river and braved Boat Quay in search for some dinner. Boat Quay is a street lined with restaurants along the river. It's a nice place, but probably ruined by the aggressive sales people trying to entice you to eat at their restaurant. Finally, we settled on Bar Bar Black Sheep - we've eaten at other locations of this chain and felt pretty su that we could get some good food there. It's part bar, and part Indian, American, and Thai Restaurant. A weird mix. We went for Indian - it's not the most authentic Indian, but still pretty darn good. Yummmm....
We got a seat right by the water and ate till we were stuffed, enjoying the view of the beautiful Singapore river at twilight. I took this opportunity to test out a new photography "trick". I read somewhere that pictures taken at twilight are best taken about 10 minutes after the sun has set. At that point, the balance between the sky and the lights from the buildings is optimal.
Here's the picture as the sun set:
Here it is about 10 minutes later:
The lights seem brighter and the color stronger in the second one. Pretty neat huh?
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