Fort Canning Park, Singapore

The Hill was also home to Stamford Raffles, a British who established nowadays Singapore, which built his house on the hill in 1823. It named Fort Canning when The British army used the Hill as a base in the 19th century. While most of the base was destroyed, from 1936 and during World War II a bunker was built under the hill and served as a headquarters to the British Army forces. The "Headquarters Malaya Command Operations Bunker" is remembered as the place where the British ordered in 1942 to surrender Singapore to the hands of the Japanese. Known today as the Battlebox, the bunker converted into a museum and is open to the public. Wandering at the park will take you back in time, in the memory lane of Singapore, and exhibit another side of this wonderful country.