Clark Quay, Singapore

The idea was to spend an evening along the waterside restaurant guzzling beer and let the day end relaxing. Popularly known as the party town of Singapore's quay renders many bar, pubs, clubs, restaurants. The previous evening was spent in admiring Singapore's remarkable skyline around the ubiquitous Marina by sands and Singapore Botanical Garden, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Our guess was Clark Quay is Singaporeans Roppongi. Just showing off here as we had visited party hub of Tokyo just a few days ago, that is Roppongi. Finding quay is not much of a hassle as MRT station is just a few steps away.

Singapore river meanders through in which several cruises were passing by in a lazy pace.  Named after Sir Andrew Clarke, Singapore's second governor who played a major role in straights settlements from 1873 to 1875, this area once was the commercial and trading hub. Now there are great assortment of bars, upscale restaurants, pubs, and shopping centers. The rates are bit pricey as you are on a water front. It is famed as gastronomical paradise as world-wide cuisines are available on platter.

We strolled around hand in hand. It's very small area around the river with a big Clark Quay sign. Quay is pronounced as key. We have a feeling Singapore wants  to have popular of everything the rest of the world is blessed with. There is even a heart shaped love lock fence. However we wanted our first love locked to be in the famous bridge of Pont Des Arts in Paris. How we couldn't do that either is story for another day.

We were waiting for an adventure reverse bungee jumping. Boating looked monotonous after watching passengers boarding and disembarking the boats for quite sometime from the restaurant, though it reminded us of Melaka River.  However after having two beers we felt the tiredness seeping in, so bid adieu in the hope of enjoying the night life the next day. Below the ruffled water one could see fish glimmering in the evening sun.

 

And glimpse of Marina Bay Sands can be seen at a distance. Quay is mostly for tourists or travelers like us. We don't see many locals frequenting the area.  It is mostly a decent place for party animals.