60 years ago, my parents met and married in Singapore, whilst in the RAF, we as a Family subsequently went back on 4 more 3 year tours there with the RAF.
Mom and Dad buried one son there, and his remains were moved after we left, lived in various houses, and always said they spent the best years of their lives there.
Sadly Mom, died 18 years ago, and Dad is now 82, and could never fly that far , although
DH and I went back in 2001 on honeymoon.
Yesterday I sat with Dad and we explored Singapore again by Street View, we went to all the places that he went with Mum, (well all that were still there, Singapore has changed a great deal), but there was still enough for him to see. We went to Kranji, to were my brothers remains were re interred, and to Tiger Balm Gardens were they got engaged, and to the Church in Changi, were they married.
We went to Montreal Rd and found the house we lived in the longest, and could see the Palm Tree he had planted, when lightening hit the one that was there before, the gate Dad put up, to stop my little brothers getting out on the road, and the window boxes he had made, which was wonderful considering we left that ouse to return to England in February 1972!
It made a old man, who gets out very little, so very very happy, so for all the negative things I have heard about Street View,
Thank You so much Google.