This is Somchai in front of Boat Quay. It's probably the main tourist attraction in Singapore, basically a long row of shophouses converted into bars and restaurants. It's best as a background to a photo op, since up close it's just a row of very average restaurants, but it can be fun in a frat house sort of way at night. The main competition as the iconic tourist sight is the Merlion, which is really pathetic. It's a cross between a mermaid and a lion, made of plastic and sitting forlornly in the water spouting a bit of water out of it's head. Very unimpressive, but tourists dutifully line up to take its picture. The real reason I included this photo was to show you Somchai's groovy denim shorts. Very '80s, although this was taken in the '90s.