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May 10th 2013
According to Dad's guidebook which was published in 1985, Sentosa Island used to house an impressive golf course and a maritime museum. Now the whole island is a resort with a monorail which takes visitors from the beach to the hotels and the attractions. When I Googled the island way back in November I discovered that there was a Universal Studios on the island. Seeing as we both had fond memories of Universal in LA with various music tours, it seemed a great idea to kick back and scare ourselves sily. We took the slightly terrifying cable car from the fifteenth floor of a nearby tower across the bay to the beautiful island of Sentosa. The views of Singapore on the way over were stunning. The views of Andrew's pained face as we went over the ... read more
January 19th 2013
Monday 14th January Early wake up for us today as we were going to Universal Studios and the largest url=http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g294264-d1450601-Reviews-The_Maritime_Experiential_Museum-Sentosa_Island.htmlAquarium (it's new) in the world on Sentosa Island :D Really excited!!!! Had breakfast and headed for the tube, K said we need to get on the tube for the Harbourfront, so one stop then change towards there, about four stops in she said how many stops have we got left, Dom looked up and went, loads!!!! We had only got on the wrong tube, yes we needed to get to the Harbourfront but there are other tubes which has about 8 stops in all, this one had bloody 20 stops....hahaha, good job we were up and out early, took us about an hour....Woops!! Got to the ti... read more
January 6th 2013
Budicek 8/00,na ranajky opat 4 toasty,docapovanie vody a hor sa za zabavou. Cestu som uz poznal,takze bezproblemova doprava do vivo city a odtial pesibusom na sentosa ostrov. Vo vivo city staci vyjst na promenadu a odtial je uz vidiet pesia cesta na ostrov. Skoda,ze som si to vcera nevsimol. Na chodniku sa nachadza aj posuvny pas,takze kto je lenivy slapat,staci na nho nastupit a potom s mensimi pesimi prestupmi medzi pasmi vystupit az pred vstupom. Pri pokladni treba zaplatit vstup na ostrov v hodnote 1sd. Chcel som to zaplatit kartou ale neslo to,mala suma. Po vstupe na ostrov nikde nikoho,bol som tu uz o 9/15. Prazdnota ale trvala iba do prichodu pred universal.Tu uz stali ludia v rade a cakali kedy sa tento zabavny park otvori. Tak som sa postavil a cakal. Vsimol som si,ze ludia ... read more
January 5th 2013
Natoze som v noci nemohol zaspat som sa dost skoro rano zobudil,uz o 7/30. Behol som na ranajky,4 toasty s arasidovym maslo,lekvarom a maslom. To arasidove maslo bolo super,nie ao tie humusy co predavaju u nas. Este som si docapoval vodu z vodovodua siel na mrt Farrer park a bezproblemov som sa dopravil na konecnu HarbourFront. Na konecnej sa nachadza mega obchodne centrum Vivo city. Tu nastali problemy. Chcel som ist na bus co ide na sentosa island,lenze som sa uplne domotal na znaceni a nakonec som skoncil na najdrahsej alternative na vlaku. Ako som este hladal bus tak som rozmyslal aj nad pesou alternativou ale dosol som nakoniec chodniku a po ceste sa mi ist veru nechcelo. Vlak bol riadne narvany,cez okienko som nakonec videl spravnu pesiu cestu na ostrov,takze zajtra uz vim kade mam ... read more
October 29th 2012
A wonderful, clean, multi-cultural country. :) Photos taken during my first and second visit to Singapore. I was fascinated with the beauty and cleanliness of the city. I could walk around from Lady Hill through Orange Grove Road all the way to Borders Bookstore and drop by Mcdonald's for my favorite french fries on my white soled sandals and still come home unbelievably white. It is probably the safest place I can imagine. Tourists can walk around holding state of the art gadgets without fear of anyone ever trying to take it away from them. I regret having lost my Nokia N70 phone when I returned to Manila as it had most of the other videos and photos I took on board the Cable Car. Having gone through that, Singapore still has left good memories in ... read more
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April 26th 2012
Our cable car ride from Vivo city to Sentosa can only be described as magical. It was a typical gorgeous sunny day, 30ish degrees. After a nice lunch at Vivo, we decided to head over to Sentosa. Sentosa means “peace and tranquility” in Malay. Located across the harbour this island is a theme park for kids, teenagers and adults alike. I would equate it to smaller version of Disney World without the Disney stuff of course. It was the 40 year anniversary when we visited. As you ride over Sentosa by cable car you can see the new resort that opened up there in 2010. Beautiful villas, some with private pools offer families a resort experience with easy walking to the huge hotel and casino on the other side of the island. As you arrive to ... read more
Singapore, Celebrations & Some Serious Luxury
Published: April 14th 2012Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island » Siloso Beach
April 14th 2012
I catch the 5 hour bus from KL to Singapore and I'm in luxury already! Big wide comfy reclining seats, air con that actually works, no music blaring, no karoke... No motorbikes/cucumbers/breastfeeding women in the aisles... I'm on my way back to Singapore and don't I know it! The journey is smooth, crossing borders out of Malaysia and into Singapore is a simple transition of getting off the bus, walking through a huge immigration hall with 127 desks all open waiting to stamp you're passport (Heathrow & Stansted take note!) I breeze through in 5 minutes, am back on the bus and within an hour arrive at Beach Road. I flag a cab to take me to Sentosa Island where my parents are staying, as they're visiting me for a holiday. "Shangri-La Sentosa" I say to ... read more
March 27th 2012
Today I got up, had breakfast and got ready to go to underwater world. When I arrived at underwater world, it looked like a massive house, and there was a big blue shark out the front and a couple big yellow umbrellas. Within in the 5 or so minutes I was lined up outside, the line just kept getting bigger and bigger. When I entered underwater would all I could see was blue. I was kind of like AQWA back in Perth, but it was way bigger! When I got the moving belt thing, I just sat down on the belt and looked up, it was magnificent! There were millions of fish everywhere, and there was a diver feeding the sharks and the rest of the fish. I wanted to go feed the sharks but I ... read more
March 27th 2012
Today I wanted to go back to orchard but I decided to leave that to tomorrow, so today I decided to go to sightseeing around Singapore. One of the main tourist’s attractions in Singapore is the white lion statue. The white lion statue spits water out of its mouth. I also got to see the dragon fountain, a I went to the Jurong Bird Park, which was beautiful, there were millions of birds and I even got to hold one. After that I went to Kent Ride Park, which is a 47 hectare, park that has the most magnificent views of the off-shore islands such as the Pulau Duran Darat. It was really peaceful at the park it was lovely because Singapore is a really busy place and the park is the only place in Singapore ... read more
March 25th 2012
My next day in Singapore, was also really hot, I decided I would go the universal studios. After I had breakfast and got ready it was 10:30am. I got in taxi, but to get to universal studios, I had to go to Sentosa, Island, which was a far drive from my hotel. About a 2 hour drive. When I arrived the queue was quiet long. The theme park was split into 7 parts; far far away, the lost world, ancient Egypt, sci-fi city, New York, Hollywood and Madagascar. I decided to go to Hollywood first because it was the closest. The Hollywood zone replicates the beautiful buildings of the 1940. When I was in “Hollywood” I watched the live Broadway performance called “Monstrocity” at the Pantages theatre. The streets of “Hollywood” are also lined with unique ... read more
