One of the itinerary in our package tour is a visit to Sentosa Island. It is a theme park like recreation with multifaceted appeal. During Matta Fair, we were given a free standard package of 2 attractions plus 1 standard gift while in the island. It consists of one ticket to Images of Singapore and one more to choose from 6 other attractions which were 1) Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom, 2) Gogreen - Segway Fun Ride 3) The Merlion 4) Tiger Sky Tower 5) Sentosa Luge & Skyride and 6) Desperados (Virtual Shoot Out). With an additional of RM12.oo per person, we took another package called premium package. With this package they added two more attractions to choose which were 1) Sentosa 4D Magic and 2) Sentosa Cineblast with 1 premium gift. For this, we decided on Images of Singapore and Sentosa Cineblast.
At the harbor, we also paid our tour guide Ms. Liew $3.oo for an all day monorail rides ticket around Sentosa, $10.00 to watch Songs of The Sea, a show to be shown at the Siloso beach around 7.30pm that night and $66.00 dollar per person for our ticket to enter Universal Studio tomorrow (it will cost more i.e. if you go on weekends).
At the harbor, we put our bags inside a bus which will be sending us to our hotel tonite. We then walked to the monorail stations to enter the theme park.
At the harbor, we put our bags inside a bus which will be sending us to our hotel tonite. We then walked to the monorail stations to enter the theme park.
On the way to the train station
Arriving at the train station
Our destination...Imbiah Station
Taking pictures inside the train
Another view from the train
We are here...After exchanging our premium tickets to a card according to our package deal, we headed to Images Of Singapore, a historical museum featuring audio visual presentation showing Singaporean history and culture focusing on its people and lives.
At the entrance of the place. You need to use few out door escalators to reach here
Same place..
Entering the museum
Inside the museum
To my surprise, the mannequins behind Ed suddenly moved when I was taking this pictures
No..no I am not Sir Stamford Raflles's killer...(was he killed anyway?)
The modern era of SingaporeAnnexed to the building is a souvenir shop and a restaurant. It was here that we claimed our premium gift which consists of one of seven items listed in the shop. I chose a 5" Sentosa Oscar Globe (with a Nemo figurine inside the globe) whereas Ed chose a Sentosa Express Train model. Each of the gift cost around $20.00 dollar. Still at Imbiah, we took pictures of other attractions there.
Tiger Sky Tower, same as in Malacca but higher. It was closed due to heavy lightning an hour before
That is the height of the Sky Tower..
The huge Sentosa Merlion (cub statue) at the background
In front of Sentosa Luge & Skyride..another long queue we had to miss
Maybe next time yeah Ed? hehe
Ermm, can you find a cute but not so little Red Hen?Next we went to Sentosa Cineblast. It was actually a state-of-the-art simulation ride. There were a few rides to choose from and we chose the Extreme Log Ride, where we felt the exhilaration of flying to the top of the highest mountain, the thrill of rushing into the deepest valleys and the gripping excitement of being tossed about by water rapids. What a ride...
Arriving at Sentosa Cineblast
The Entrance of the Extreme Log Ride
Before entering the room, a 10 minute safety precaution briefing was given
About to enter the chamber...keeping our cool...
Now we are scared.... huhu...scary faces huh?Well, off course we survived the ordeal.. but still it was a thrill ride nonetheless. Later we took the train and went to the Beach area. Here, I met my Singaporean friend for a short while who coincidentally was taking his Malaysian friends here. Afterward, Ed and I went to the Gogreen-Segway Fun Ride nearby the station. For a fee of S12.00 dollar per person we were anxious enough to give it a try to ride this machine...
A few minutes of training, got the thumbs up already...
Yeayyyy..here I go... such an easy machine to handle
Ed's turn...
Hey...not the road...go back hiks
An expert already...For $38.00 dollar, you can take a more upgraded segway with a longer route around Siloso Beach but you must be in a group and accompanied by an instructor. Watched em stroll with envy hehe... ah.. well, there will always be next time... We walked along the beach then. Not only was the beach so clean, it is nicely maintained and full with amenities. No wonder the beach was full of people doing all sorts of out door activities. From football to basketball to flying fox or just chilling out in one of many high class restaurants nearby seems to be fun.
One of the many restaurants available
A bridge to the other small island..
Observe the flying fox cables..3 or more people can do it at one go...
The beach is alive with so many people...
Another view from the beach
At Siloso Beach
Beautiful beach..
Hungry, we stopped to have a heavy snack of vegetarian pizza and squids
One of the many restaurants available
A bridge to the other small island..
Observe the flying fox cables..3 or more people can do it at one go...
The beach is alive with so many people...
Another view from the beach
At Siloso Beach
Beautiful beach..
Hungry, we stopped to have a heavy snack of vegetarian pizza and squids
At Tripizza...yummmy..evian water is kinda cheap here...
Do you?
Nope, not me..even with the safety harness and net...Too tired..we took a free bus (also available in tram) ride back to centre of station. By 7.20pm, Ms Liew was already there passing us the tickets for us to watch the phenomenal Songs of the Sea.
A long queue but lots of tram and bus available
At the entrance of the out door auditorium..
Stage show...it was a full house and we were lucky to sit in the middle of it
Don't be fooled of the rocks..there were speakers..
The show was about to start...Songs of the Sea is a combination of technology, imaging and live characters. Lights, laser and fire effects and water jets create a stunning visual show with computer images projected on giant water screens. I was informed it cost $30 million to create this spectacular show. It runs two shows per night with each show lasts for about 25 minutes. Below are pictures of the show.
Once finished, our tour guide took us to our bus and from there we went to our hotel at Geylang to rest. It was a 3 star hotel named Fragrance Hotel Ruby.
After the show and waiting for the bus
In front of the hotelOnce checked in, we walked out off the hotel in search of a place for dinner. Obviously not hot frog porridge, a menu as one of the delicacies in a chinese restaurant near our hotel....urghh. We even entered in what it seem to be a mamak restaurant, we confidently went straight to the food selection at the counter. The foods looked very different and so unappetizing at all. The Indonesian girl manning the place came to us and informed us that this is a restaurant for Bangladeshi workers. When asked for a mamak restaurant and she showed us the direction. Well, this is a new experience for us because I dont think this kinda of shop exist in Malaysia (not that I know off).
After having our dinner, we went back to the hotel to rest. It was indeed a tiring day but full of fun nonetheless. Tomorrow will be our last day in Singapore but not without going to the highly anticipated Universal Studio first. That will be the final part of the my post.
After having our dinner, we went back to the hotel to rest. It was indeed a tiring day but full of fun nonetheless. Tomorrow will be our last day in Singapore but not without going to the highly anticipated Universal Studio first. That will be the final part of the my post.
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