Singapore is home to Raffles Hotel, built in 1887 and declared a National Monument exactly 100 years later. It is one of the world’s last remaining Victorian grand hotels of the East. Somerset Maugham, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and Charlie Chaplain made it a favourite retreat and today, tourists continue to flock for afternoon tea in the Tiffin Room and a Singapore Sling in the Long Bar. The four main districts of Singapore’s Chinatown each have a distinctive flavour. Night Safari is billed as the world’s first and only night zoo, with over 1200 animals, while the largest bird park in South East Asia, Jurong BirdPark, is a refuge for more than 8000 birds of 600 different species. Sentosa Island is a purpose-built island theme park and offers beaches, history, golf, gastronomy and a host of themed attractions. The National Orchid Garden, in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, has the world’s largest orchid display. Other attractions include the Asian Civilisations Museum, the colonial architecture of the Supreme Court and the City Hall, site of the Japanese surrender to Lord Mountabatten in 1945.