Three sections of Singapore - Chinatown, the historic Malay area and Little India - represent this cosmopolitan city-state's main ethnicities. Although it is a crowded city of high-rises, museums, historic buildings and shopping malls, Singapore contains more than 400 public parks, numerous beaches and a rainforest. Kids enjoy activities such as a night safari, a zoo and water theme parks. Varied dining and entertainment choices are clustered on wharfs (quays) along the Singapore River.