Singapore Summary

My world travels had taken me to Singapore before, 53 years ago in 1963, when the 11th World Jamboree contingent sailed from New Zealand heading to Greece. Looking down on the harbour from other side of the bar, and seeing all those ships reminded me of how our contingent had sailed into Singapore Harbour on the Fairsea.

We had taken launches in for a day trip in Singapore City.

This was Singapore before Lee Kuan Yew cleaned up the place

From up at the Marina Bay Sands, I thought I could see what looked like the old Governor's residence as I thought I remembered it.

In this photo is that Geoff Wilson in the Sea Scout uniform or Wayne. I have one of Geoff's photos from the streets of Singapore. Is this him looking to where I was was with my shot?

While in Singapore, we were hosted by local Scouts and I guess their local knowledge helped us take the opportunity to shop duty free as New Zealand had tariffs on electronic goods. I got myself an electronic flash and some of the Scout Leaders got themselves new 8mm movie cameras.