Checking Out Singapore’s Back Alleys
Want to see a different side of Singapore? Check out Singapore's back alleys! Plus a few of our favourite Chinatown eateries.
I had already been a fan of back alleys in Hong Kong. This is where you find the coolest graffiti and occasionally a hip hidden cafe or boutique. I have found exploring back alleys in Tokyo rewarding as well (perhaps I will do a photo essay on this one day). But since Singapore has criminalised graffiti, I expected Singapore’s alleys to be … well, bland. Discovering Yip Yew Chong’s murals painted (with official permission) in the alleyways of Chinatown sent me wandering in these spaces and it was then that I realised that there were fascinating surprises to be found there.
