Bus Ride Sights: Dunman Road-Bugis

I took the camera out today for no particular reason other than the fact that I wanted to. 

And so, even though this be a route that I've taken many a time, I decided to take pictures of it anyway. 

Chonkycam came out somewhere around the junction of Dunman Road and Tanjong Katong Road. 

This junction is, I find, an interesting one. 

It's not very large, but it juxtaposes structures from four different eras, four different times.

This is the place to see just how Tanjong Katong Road used to be, and how it is now. 

On one side is a single-storey house that looks like it has been there since much earlier times. It's a house with a small front yard, a small back yard and a quaintness which I can't really describe. 

Opposite it, along one side of Tanjong Katong Road, is a condominium. 

Diagonally across from this quaint little one is another house- a larger, more modern one- with its front gate on Dunman Road and a lot of potted plants beside. 

The other side of Tanjong Katong Road runs alongside it, there's a traffic light, and right across that, a row of shops in a rectangular shaped structure.

Coming from this side the bus turns neither left nor right. 

Instead it goes straight, passing by the former Guillemard Camp, and onto Old Airport Road. 

Here it goes past the blocks of Jalan Satu, the Dakota MRT Station, and the well-known Old Airport Food Center. 

From here the bus makes a turn, passing by a couple of tennis courts on the left and the Association for the Deaf on the right. 

Today I didn't manage to get a picture. 

All I got was the overhead bridge. 

From here the bus made a left onto Geylang Road then Kallang Road, passing by a couple of shop houses in which include a paint shop, a Thai massage place, a few mainland Chinese restaurants, and Man Dang Dang- where I used to go for Chinese skewers but don't get to go much anymore. 

Across Merdeka Bridge the bus went, stopping at a traffic light near the Pico Building Lavender Street that end. 

Here the bus continued its way down, passing by a condominium that I think is situated in one of the best locations this side of town. 

You might find me peculiar for saying this but I really do think this condo probably has one of the best places for one's daily necessities.. 

Not only is it bordered by Kallang Road and Lavender Street with a host of buses that traverse all around the island, there's a train station right in front, there're two supermarkets close by, and plenty of eating places featuring both local and international. 

I suppose the higher floors boast quite a great view too. 

The bus route today didn't make a right.. 

It went straight on.

After this condominium came the blocks of Lavender Estate.

Situated on one side of the river, these blocks make an interesting visual contrast to the glass-covered façade of Hotel Boss and a feel of solidity, complementing the calm waters of Rochor River that meanders just below.

There's a little bit of heritage in this area as well, with the building that once housed Hong Wen School right across the road,. 

Further on is the road we call Jalan Sultan, on which you will find the Alsagoff Arab School, heritage shop houses and the Textile Center  which leads you straight down  towards Beach Road. 

Coming from this direction, Jalan Sultan is on the left. 

On the right, however, is Masjid Malabar, and Syed Alwi Road.

I managed to get a picture of the mosque.

A quick one, because the bus suddenly picked up speed and continued trundling on down towards Victoria Street and Bugis- where I was getting down. 

It's funny- I never knew just how long Victoria Street actually was.

All along I thought the street ended at Rochor Road.

It doesn't.. 

It ends only after Hotel Boss- just before the Rochor River.

So that means that you can get to Our Lady of Lourdes Church from Victoria Street, you can get to the Queen Street Bus Terminal from Victoria Street, and the outer edges of the Arab Quarter (near where  Stamford Primary School now stands) lie also along the same road. 

It's fascinating. 

I didn't know.