Singapore is the end of segment one and the beginning of our next segment.  About 550 passengers left the ship along with about 60 crew members.  This big changeover makes for a very hectic ship from very early in the morning.  Another reason it is so busy is that everyone has to clear immigration, even if you do not go ashore.  Regent provided two different tours for those of us continuing on.  Our selection was a six hour "Round Island Tour" that included a Chinese lunch.
We started our tour with a walk around the "wet market".  This market included a huge food court, fruits and vegetables, meats, fish, eggs, and many stalls selling everything from cosmetics to clothing.  It was all very clean and everything was beautifully displayed.
We visited the Kranji War Memorial located where Japan invaded Singapore in 1942.  It was a very somber place with many headstones as well as huge marble walls with the names of the dead whose bodies had never been recovered.
We also visited the Bright Hill Buddhist Temple complex and the Changi Prison Museum located near the original prison where the allied POW's had been kept.
In our drive around the island we saw hundreds of huge apartment blocks that were government subsidized housing as well as huge areas of new construction.  It certainly appears to be a very prosperous country. It was a most enjoyable tour with probably the best tour guide we have ever had.

Singapore has to import about 90 percent of its food.  Produce mostly comes from Malaysia.

Seafood was beautifully displayed

A small part of the Temple complex. Colorful dragons were on all the roofs

Some of the headstones at the Kranji War Memorial

There were spectacular buildings everywhere