Singapore 07 - Day 4

One of the many things on the Singapore "to do" list was to pay a visit to Sentosa Island. Like Western Australia's Rottnest Island, Sentosa is a holiday spot for the locals. With it's man-made beaches with imported sand and designed bay - its a fake beach that actually feels pretty nice. The water itself wasn't too crash hot, it'd be the equivalent of swimming at Kwinana by our standards, but it was hot and I didn't care. Just don't go under. :P



We took the monorail from the City Hall station and shopping centre (whilst getting pretty lost in the process trying to find the monorail entry). The monorail only took a few minutes and we had arrived. During the trip I noticed some HUGE excavations at the front of the island; more resorts no doubt. That's the crazy thing about Singapore, they're never content with what they have. They always have to build, develop, expand and improve! They also work 24 hours on construction sites. In Perth, builders are at the pub by 3:30pm. In Singapore, you'll hear pile drivers at 11:30pm whilst walking through town.

Robin and I spent the afternoon in the sun just swimming and relaxing, napping and chatting before the munchies kicked in. Like most resort islands, food and drink was going to be a premium and we knew it. The only "white" food we ate the whole time we were in Singapore was at Sentosa. Basically because it was the cheapest. At least the beer was really cold. The bar we were at had funky tunes, an awesome view and the food was pretty nice albeit overpriced. "Beach Bar Culture" was the CD they were playing... Still looking around for it... let me know if you find one eh? :)

Jumping back on the monorail we went back one station and walked around some of the tourist traps including the 70 metre Merlion, botanic and fairy gardens, water features and some of the shops. Robin and I also got to hold a snake (everything on Sentosa costs money - even the snake was $5).



As the sun was dipping, we bought tickets for the return trip back to the mainland in a cable car - another tick on the "to do" list. The sunset was magical; purple, pink, blue, orange...

Once the sun had gone down Singapore had lit up in full colour. A beautiful city night and day.