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Over the long Chinese New Year weekend, I decided to take the children to Chinatown to soak in the New Year atmosphere. Here are some pictures from that visit!

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The pretty umbrella-like flowers strung on the road

 

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A new year decorative tassel strung on the wall of a building

 

 

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Chinese decorative paper cutting in one of the shops in a side street

 

 

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Another view of the main street in Chinatown, all beautifully decorated

 

 

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Beautiful lanterns

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The giant Rooster which welcomes people into Chinatown, this being the year of the Fire Rooster

 

 

 

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Some more photos from the NASA exhibit which made it to my Instagram feed…

Jupiter on the globe

 

A close up of the nose cone of an experimental Jupiter rocket

 

A macro view of the Jupiter nose cone

 

An old fashioned television showing the first moon programme

 

The solar system at the entrance of the exhibition

 

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One Sunday while in Mumbai, I went out with a very old friend downtown. We ate, shopped and most importantly chatted the afternoon away. It was evening when we decided to call it a day and while waiting for our Uber driver to pick us up, I took these photos…

Trees framing sunset in downtown Mumbai

The facade of the Army Navy Building

Jahangir Art Gallery – an icon in this area

 

A beautiful moonrise captured just above Kala Ghoda

 

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Beautiful colonial buildings of the commercial district

 

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Some pictures from the air when we flew in from Singapore to Mumbai

 

Mumbai as we land….

The first glimpse of the overcast Mumbai skyline

I could not resist this blue sky….somewhere above the Bay of Bengal

Boats dotting the coast off Singapore

A gorgeous morning as we took off from Singapore…