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Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island 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
The Merlion
Transformers 3D
Jurassic Park, Singapore

Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island April 29th 2013

Geo: 1.24947, 103.829Today was all about Universal Studios at Sentosa. We were up at 8am. First we jumped on a bus. Peak hour slowed us down, so we bailed and boarded a train to the Harbourfront. The monorail and cable car were crammed and expensive so we walked it to Sentosa. After a ticket issue we eventually got inside the park around 11am. Universal Studios Singapore was a vast improvement from Disneyland, Hong Kong. The majority of rides and shows were excellent and I got on them all. The favourities were Transformers, a 3d inspired roller coaster, Jurrassic Park, a water ride, where a soaking is part of the fun. The Battlestar Gallactica ride had two intertwining rollercoasters, one red, and one blue the latter being more extreme with loops and flips. The mummy ride was ... read more
Lost World Kristofor
Natalie hatches
Nat Battlestar Coasters

Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island 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

Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island 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

Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island November 2nd 2012

Our trip to the island was first getting to the top of Mount Faber - I would like to say we trekked up but we took a cab! At the top is where the Cable car starts. Just the two of us in the gondola so plenty of room they had a VIP gondola not sure what you get as extra for being a VIP maybe champers! Great view over the harbour you cannot count how many ships are waititheir the harbour incredible site. Couldn't get any good photos because of the haze - very similar to Hong Kong. Sentosa Island has Universal Studios, hotel and a casino. Very small so easy to wander around escalators also make it going from one level to the next. They have lovely gardens and a large Merlion. This is ... read more
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Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island 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
Resorts on Sentosa
Merlion replica at Night
Island in the Java Sea

Asia » 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
China Town
The Buddha Temple
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Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island » Siloso Beach 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
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kent ridge park
kent ridge park

Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island » Siloso Beach 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
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underwater world
underwater world

Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island » Siloso Beach 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
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