We both woke at 6 am, tried to go back to sleep to no avail so got up to start the day. We headed to McDonalds for breakfast. I could only eat a couple of mouthfuls then felt sick. Presume it is the heat and humidity, which I hate. We are lucky because it is overcast which is keeping the heat down but the downside of that is the humidity goes up. After breakfast we go to two different shopping centres trying to organise sim cards. Ian had seen a particular plan on the web but the 2 shops we found knew nothing about it. We gave up on these and proceeded to organise our Singapore version of a myki card. Two places later and we had them organised. Next we organised our gondola and aquarium tickets as we were off to Sentosa Island for the day. Sentosa is an island resort off Singapore’s southern coast, connected to the city by road, cable car, pedestrian boardwalk and monorail. We choose the gondola for the magnificent views over the harbour and surrounding city views. Ian was moving jumping up and down taking photos while I was gripping the seat tightly and yelling at him to sit down. Our normal procedure on gondolas.
After getting off the gondola at the first stop we had a bit of a look around until it was time for our bus tour around the island. This was a bit of a waste of time as you couldn’t see anything because the trees and plants were growing so profusely and blocked your view. The bus stopped at Palawan Beach where we took a short walk out across a suspension bridge to the southern most point of Continental Asia. Back on the bus and completed the loop
On Sentosa Island is Universal Studio, Butterfly Park, the second largest aquarium in the world (China having the largest) spa resorts, Tiger Sky Tower which goes up 50 stories while rotating 360 degrees giving you panoramic views that can stretch as far as Indonesia. As well as the gondola from the mainland there is another one going across the Island and the mono rail. There is, of course, many eating areas.
After lunch we went to the aquarium which I enjoyed.
We rode the gondola across the Island to Fort Siloso, built in the 1880s on Mount Siloso to aid in protecting Singapore’s coast. There were originally 3 forts but this is the only one left and has been restored.
Next stop was Sentosa Merlion which is a 37 metre-tall mythical creature. The legendary Merlion is a half lion half fish guardian of prosperity. We didn’t pay the $25 to climb up to the lookout in his mouth. I’m sure the view would have been good but I wasn’t tackling it. By this stage we had walked miles and decided to call it a day. We got back on the gondola to head to Mainland Singapore. The clouds around us were black, the wind was picking up and our crossing was highlighted with thunder and lightning. (Can say that now we are safely back on ground - wasn’t as happy when we were swinging around 120 metres up).
Back to the motel for a 30 minute kip before heading to a food court for our evening meal. Back to the hotel for the night. Air conditioning got to love it. Ian had a shower comes out - no hot water. Great anyway we both have cold showers and off to bed.
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