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Uncle Chris Walking Tours, 13 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, Singapore (2026)

04/03/2026

Uncle Chris will be on an extended Medical Leave till Sept 2026.

Meanwhile, stay curious and stay in good health!

04/03/2026

GEYLANG RED-LIGHT DISTRICT WALKING TOUR
Thurs, 1st Oct 2026
7pm to 9pm

This itinerary is designed for those who have a tight schedule – and also for those who prefer a shorter compressed version of the tour. The itinerary is still the same from Lorong 12 to Lorong 18.

It is designed with lesser narration and therefore more time for an exploration after the tour ends. We meet at 7pm, and we should be done by 9pm, or at the latest, 9.30pm. This will give participants enough time to explore the community on your own (after the tour ends) - and also to make it to Aljunied MRT to catch the train home.

Your ole Uncle Chris will do my darn best to deliver an informative and (dare-we-say) educational tour on a subject as sensitive and intimate as this. Despite the shorter hours, there is still time to dissect the difference between “cheap sex” and “high-class scandals”.

We’ll even go into detail how the pr******te will “handle” you, in case you should become a “customer”. We’ll walk the streets all the way from Lorong 12 to Lorong 18. I must warn you this is a highly adult walking tour and may not be suitable for everybody.

You must come with an open mind. Some terms used may be explicit and graphic. Meet me at Aljunied MRT, 7pm on Thurs, 1st Oct 2026.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

BEACH ROAD HERITAGE WALK (BONUS OF NORTH BRIDGE ROAD)
Sun 27th Sept 2026
9am to 11.30am

Beach Road was once part of the upmarket European Town. If you were an Asian working class, you won’t be here. You could be anywhere at Chinatown, Kampong Glam, Little India, or elsewhere.

Beach Road was part of Raffles Town Plan (where demographics were carefully mapped out according to your ethnic). The beach came all the way up to the road. Only the rich and wealthy could afford these luxurious homes. There were just 20 of them.

Today, Beach Road is a far cry from what it used to be. There is nothing here to remind you the beach was once lapping at your corridor. Singapore’s first few cinemas sprouted up here. Being at the beach front, life here was very different from that at Singapore River.

Today, we’ll take a scenic walk along the former beach front. We’ll trace our history from the time our forefathers landed to current days. Contrary to what many think, there are a lot more to rediscover if you peer in between the nooks and crevices.

I invite you to come take a walk with me through this former European Town. We meet at 9am, City Hall MRT. Upon alighting, take EXIT B, go up the escalator, and meet me in front of Paris Baguette. Depending on our fitness and/or stamina, we can end this tour at either Golden Mile or Crawford Street. We’ll decide when we meet on the 27th Sept 2026, 9am.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

NEE SOON VILLAGE WALKING TOUR
Sat, 26th Sept 2026
9am to 12pm

The history, culture and heritage at Nee Soon Village is not well chronicled. Most people don’t take the North too seriously. But things are changing.

The new Springleaf MRT has added some life to this once sleepy laid-back hamlet. Eateries are springing up by the dozens. As new eateries rush in to capitalize on the new found fortune, the older shops are rising up to the challenge.

Ngee Fou Ampang Yong Tau Foo has been here for decades. I know them well. They were and still are my neighbours. The landed real estate at Springleaf here were a pittance in the 1970s.

They couldn’t sell. Nobody believed the North will prevail. It has been almost 50 years since. The landed homes today are now suddenly worth a fortune. The newly launched Springleaf Residence (just next to the MRT station) is an additional boost.

How the tide has changed! I invite you to join me for a rustic walk through an old hometown - full of old-world charm. We meet at Springleaf MRT (Exit 2) at 9am on Sat, 26th Sept 2026. This tour will end at the same Springleaf MRT, about 11.30am – just before the lunch crowd arrive.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

GEYLANG RED-LIGHT DISTRICT WALKING TOUR
Thurs, 24th Sept 2026
7pm to 11pm

This is The Mother of all Red-Light District Walking Tours in Singapore. And it is the updated full-length version. We meet at 7pm, and we should be done by 11pm – this will give us enough time to make it to Aljunied MRT to catch the train home.

Your ole Uncle Chris will do my darn best to deliver an informative and (dare-we-say) educational tour on a subject as sensitive and intimate as this. With Uncle Chris, we don’t shy away from doing a hard-hitting subject as personal as this. We’ll dissect the difference between “cheap sex” and “high-class scandals”.

We’ll even go into detail how the pr******te will “handle” you, in case you should become a “customer”. We’ll walk the streets all the way from Lorong 12 to Lorong 24A. This is a walk down a sexy lane – facing its re-awakening. It is also an informative (and definitely more educational) walk for our young audience on a subject that parents find hard to discuss with their adult children.

I must warn you this is a highly adult walking tour and may not be suitable for everybody. You must come with an open mind. Some terms used may be explicit and graphic. Meet me at Aljunied MRT (next to Sichuan Chef), 7pm on Thurs, 24th Sept 2026.

Note: This is a fairly long walking tour. If you prefer a shorter version of this tour, you may wish to consider the “compressed” version of the tour on 1st Oct 2026. Please come in good comfortable walking shoes, and an umbrella in case it rains.

And in case you still don’t know – the rain will almost always add a certain charisma to a walk like this one!

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

BUKIT BROWN AVATAR TREE TRAIL
Sun, 20th Sept 2026
8.30am to 12pm

This is an adventure into the deeper parts of Bukit Brown Cemetery. You must come in good trekking gear, meaning you must have a good pair of shoes and a positive approach to a life like Indiana Jones.

The rewards are aplenty. How did a Peugeot 504 find its way into the jungle like this? This rotting car, together with another 4 cars are now almost consumed by Mother Nature. They make a good conversation masterpiece.

Bring your cameras. However, the main highlights are the towering Avatar trees which are so reminiscent of the movie of the same name. These trees won’t last. It is already confirmed that they will give way to the brand-new Bukit Brown HDB Estate.

Come with me now, before they take it away. We meet at Marymount MRT, Exit A, street level, 8.30am on Sun, 20th Sept 2026. This tour will end at the bus stop along Lornie Highway. We should be done by about 11.30am or 12pm.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

CHINATOWN WALKING TOUR
Sat, 19th Sept 2026
9am to 12pm

Most Chinatown Walking Tours are done in 2 hours. I am asking you to give me 3. At 2 hours, the tourist can get an informative tour nicely wrapped up. I am asking more. In return, I will give you the ins and the outs of Chinatown, complete with all the glory, and also all the brick-bats, ruts and all.

We’ll begin with the arrival of waves of immigrants and all their sad stories. To add more colour, we’ll also include all the cacophony and mayhem – which finally resulted with the arrival of William Pickering (hence Pickering & Upper Pickering Street). To add further spice to the story, we’ll throw in some measures from the British who found it so hard to deal with the Chinese immigrants.

Yes… secret societies were real. Indeed, for many, it was the only way to stay alive. Even the pr******tes needed their protection! Such were the social ills of Chinatown. But it wasn’t always bad. There were happy days.

By the 1900s, life has change much. Things got happier. The Peranakans made sure Life was not just work and slog. But, by current days’ standard, it would seem Singapore has come a long way to success. If you look harder, the tell-tale signs of the hard times are still present.

All you need to do is book this tour with your ole Uncle Chris. Together, we’ll walk down the memory lane. We’ll go through some happy and some sad stories (which are all true and not fiction). We meet, 9am at Maxwell MRT on Sat, 19th Sept 2026. Upon exiting Maxwell MRT, take EXIT 2 and meet me at street level. You should see the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple at your left (in front of you).

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

KARAYUKI-SAN: THE LAST JAPANESE PR******TE
Sun, 13th Sept 2026
9am to 12pm

This is an in-depth study into the history of Karayuki-san and the Japanese pr******tes in Singapore. We’ll dig deep into history and try to reason how and why, and if so, when did they leave.

Karayuki-san does not exist in Singapore anymore. While we may imagine this to be a saucy story, it really is the opposite. It is hard to imagine that anyone in Singapore could book into a Japanese brothel. In a “Truth is stranger than Fiction” analogy, Singapore indeed had numerous Japanese brothels in the early days.

By the middle of the 20th century, almost all were gone. So, what happened? We’ll start this story with the first waves of arrivals from Amakusa, Japan. Today, there is hardly any trace of Japanese prostitution in Singapore. But the truth remains they were once here.

Our tour will start at one of the first living quarters at Bencoolen Street and parts of the Middle Road area. It is seldom mentioned that The Bugis once worked almost side by side with the Karayuki-san – (although they did not merge). The Bugis were into other trades – though not always piracy.

We meet at Bras Basah MRT (Exit D/E, in the direction of Waterloo Street – street level) at 9am, Sun, 13th Sept. This tour will end smack in the middle of the former Japanese Red-Light District.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

FORT CANNING: THE FORBIDDEN HILL WALKING TOUR
Sat, 12th Sept 2026
9am to 11.30am

Much has been said about The Forbidden Hill. Most of it are repeated stories. So, we’ll have to work harder and go beyond that.
We’ll go into details the lesser-known facts (and myths) about this Hill. In the past, most glam focused on the royalty (and some powerful people). Today, we’ll look into History and discuss the everyday life of the common people.

We’ll try and see how the ordinary laymen of yesteryears feel about this hill. There is no doubt Fort Canning today is beautifully manicured. It is indeed a breath of fresh air smack in the middle of town.

There is a small price to pay though – we lost some old-world charm with the removal of the old cemetery that once graced this hill side. Other than some plaques of some notable people on the old wall, there is scarcely any reminder that this hill was once the final resting place of some fine young explorers who died while exploring this part of the world.

This hill can be the subject of many different tours. We can do it as a Nature Walk, or we can do it as a Battle of Singapore tour – after all, Percival did fight the war from The Battle Box, itself a highlight on many WW2 tours. But we won’t do any of these.

We’ll do an all-inclusive tour – which means I’ll do my darn best to cover all subjects as we go along. We’ll talk about the high and the mighty, and we’ll also talk about the rank-and-file people – like the carpenter who was sent as a scout before the British East India Company planted a foot onto Singapore. It is rumored that he - Chow Ah Chi, was given a residence at 1, Lavender Street by Sir Stamford Raffles.

We’ll meet on the 12th Sept 2026 at 9am to argue if this is fiction, myth or the truth. We meet at Dhoby Ghaut MRT, Exit B, street level. This tour will end at the very happy Funan Centre, which is now simply renamed “Funan”. What is not known, is that the botanic gardens of Raffles, once stretched all the way here. See photo here.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

CLEMENTI FOREST TREKKING TRAIL
Sun, 6th Sept 2026
8.30am to 12pm

This is a true story. I don’t mean to boast but I was once upon a time a very handsome young man. I wasn’t only handsome. I was charming too. I was also a mummy’s boy – I think you can read in between the lines.

One day, a new neighbour moved in. On any count, Alicia LoveLock was a very pretty neighbour. Her hubby is a pilot. She is a flight stewardess. Last week, she came to borrow some salt. Earlier this week, she came to borrow some sugar. She didn’t leave.

We ended up on the kitchen table top. We had an affair. But it wasn’t long before my mother caught us red handed - right there on the kitchen table top. My mother was sad. She said, “Alicia LoveLock has to go”. So, last night I had to tell Alicia we had to break up.

She was angry. I didn’t know she could do magic. She waved her magic wand, and turned me into a frog. I could almost hear her screaming in laughter as she mounted her broom and flew away – in the direction of the moon.

Even as a frog, I could see her sexy silhouette as she flew past the moon… No, she wasn’t an ugly witch. She was a sexy witch! But like all fairy tales, there is always a cure.

All I need is a kiss. I am lucky – I understand Uncle Chris will be doing a walking tour through the Clementi Forest on the 6th Sept 2026. I am now hiding under the railway track at the Clementi Forest. Please come and save me.

All I need is just one kiss. I promise you in return, I will do anything whatever possible within my means (to reward you). Uncle Chris is expecting you to tip him at the end of the tour. I’ll take care of the tip for you – and more. I just need one kiss! I know it will be silly to be seen kissing a frog. So, we will do this very discreetly.

I’ll be hiding under the rock as Uncle Chris stops for a Take 5 at the railway track. Please come!

Meet Uncle Chris at 8.30am on the 6th Sept 2026 at Clementi MRT. Upon alighting, please take Exit B (to your right) and meet me downstairs at the bus stop (Bus stop Number 17179). This bus stop is a busy one, so please meet me near the post box. There is only one post box here.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

04/03/2026

NASSIM ROAD WALKING TOUR
Sat, 5th Sept 2026
9am to 11.30am

This is a walking tour along Singapore’s most expensive road. This is The Land of The Rich & Famous. Every bungalow, whether new or old (or dilapidated) is worth millions. Even a small condo has its prize, and price!

This is a tour that may inspire you to work not just harder, but smarter! It is amazing how one can amass so much money for a mansion so big – and in so short a time! We’ll take a slow walk and study the history of how real estate has evolved over such a short time in Singapore.

We’ll use 3xx Nassim Road for our case study. At the end of the tour, you will have to decide whether you want to be super rich, or just self-sufficient, or maybe just rich, but not famous. But it is a well-known fact that the rich are also often too famous – in fact so famous that tourists may come ogling at their front yard – or as in our case, the front yard is a secluded road through a garden which feels like a forest.

We meet at 9am, Orchard Rendezvous Hotel (former Orchard Parade Hotel – which was formerly Ming Court Hotel!) at 1, Tanglin Road, Singapore 247905. This tour will end at the Botanic Gardens (Cluny side), about 11.30am, just in time for lunch.

For reservations, contact:
UNCLE CHRIS WALKING TOURS
Chris WK Ng
T: 65 91814298
E: [email protected]
W: www.unclechrisdrivingholidays.com

Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour. The following is a general rule of thumb when tipping your tour guide:
S$20: "I pass this tourist guide."
S$20+: "This guide is doing an above-average job."
S$30: "This guide is really excellent."
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.

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