Merlion Statue Singapore

The day started as soon as I was up. There wasn't much to do in the hotel so I stepped out and headed to little India, to refresh my memories of the trip from 13 years ago. The place had changed beyond recognition, it was now a crowded and downtrodden looking part of town full of grey market goods and Thai "massage" places. The Mustafa Center had …

Well here we finally are, Jamie and I made it to Singapore safe and sound (despite choosing to fly with JetStar) on Thursday evening. We spent a few days in Christchurch before leaving NZ - thanks Debbie, Greg, Sue, Hayley and Flynn for taking care of us! We both loved looking after the kids and miss you all loads already! It has been all go since …

Hello! Am 02. März 2013 sind wir von der einen Großstadt (Kuala Lumpur) in die nächste Megacity nämlich Singapur gefahren. Bei einer geschätzten Aussentemperatur von 35 Grad genossen wir die ca. 6-stündige Fahrt im wohl klimatisierten Waggon durch schier endlose Palmölplantagen in Richtung Süden.

Beim Passieren der Grenzkontrolle von …

Singapur...Singapur...nuestro último país por conocer...teníamos muchas ganas de llegar acá...desde Borneo, país donde nos sorprendieron los animales y lo verde, mirábamos el mapa con excitación...cómo será por allá???..

Llegamos al aeropuerto inmenso de Changi en la mañana...un aeropuerto del estilo Barajas o Frackfurt... inmenso, muchos …

Entry containing 2 photos titled: Merlion Statue, Singapore at night

The run this morning on the Marina bay route I found was awesome and fresh shower combined it was going to be a great day, until stumbling block! RAIN! And I mean hard rain, so my ass weren't going anywhere for now - hence blog time and Singapore Tv which is actually quite entertaining. It seems I was going to have to sit it out until the wet beast …

Hari ini jadwalnya adalah naik MRT ke Little India,
lalu jalan kaki ke Bugis, Kampong Glam, National Library, St, Joseph
Church, Cathedral of The Good Shepherd, CHIJMS, Esplanade, Merlion Park,
Raffles Statue, Boat Quay, Pagoda Street, Clarke Quay. Lalu naik bus ke
Orchard Road.

Malamnya pergi ke Esplanade, Merlion Park …

Entry containing 41 photos titled: Chinatown, SG de Chinatown, Temple Indien, Temple Indien , Pharmacie chinoise, Temple Buddhist, Moi et Buddha, Api, SG, MBS Hotel, MBS Hotel , Api et Moi , Merlion, faire la queue pour du riz au poulet ... ! , repas traditionnel de SG!, Coktail Party roof top du MBS

Welcome again, this is Taggington ready to fill you in on the next instalment of our trip… Singapore. A highly developed and urbanised city-state off the southern tip of Malaysia, Singapore is home to 5 million people mostly of Chinese, Malay or Indian descent, though English is one of its official languages and is widely spoken. The …

The Day Has Come

Finnaly, the day has come. Setelah merencanakan segala sesuatunya mulai dari beli tiket, susun itinerary, etc sejak setahun yang lalu. Akhirnya hari yang dinanti datang juga.

Pada hari Rabu, 20 Juni 2012 saya berdua dengan sahabat saya – Dahlia – berangkat menuju Singapore dengan menumpang pesawat Air …

... We visited the Botanical Gardens 3 years ago for about 20 minutes as part of a City Tour. That tour included visiting the Merlion statue which was covered with a scaffold, the botanical gardens for 20 minutes, a gemstone factory (where they tried to ...

... .   Just a short (free) shuttle bus journey away from the cable car stop we arrived at the Merlion Statue, a giant replica of the Merlion in Singapore Harbour. This statue is so big that visitors can take an elevator up to the lion's mouth and get ...

... " tour of their Harbour which is beautifully laid out, perfect, I wish Toronto had implemented these ideas. We pause at the famous Merlion statue spewing water from it's mouth into the Harbour- very impressive. Knowing that I had to suspend my lifetime ...

... back on the bus headed for the bay. It was lovely there, and it was also the location of the Merlion statue which is the national symbol of Singapore. After relaxing there for a while, we made our way to Chinatown, which wasn't as manic as Little ...

Singapore, Singapore - The ride from Melaka to Singapore went without any hitches!! Let's just say the two stops we made had zero paper and well, I was happy to wait!! haha The border crossing was pretty simple as there are hundreds, if not thousands ...

... , we tried to save some money by following a walking tour through the central business district and surrounding area, seeing the famous Merlion statue and the funky new Esplanade - theatre on the bay building (which looked a bit like a porcupine!) but a ...

... vying for our appetites. One of the few downtown landmarks I remembered that Singaporeans used to prize was the Merlion statue, still spouting a never-ending plume of water but now dwarfed by much more interesting buildings and pedestrian-friendly ...

... Shopping, etc. While waiting at the bus stop for my first stop, it started to rain! I stopped at the cultural center near the Merlion statue, to see if they had any shows or concerts for that evening. Nope! So I took a walk over to the Merlion in ...

... today I headed out on foot to explore the city with my new camera. I went past the famuor Raffles Hotel, saw a weird Merlion statue, got lost is various huge shopping malls (which I kept on diving into for the air conditioning!), then after eventually ...

... the hustle and bustle there of the market and seeing a new and very large Buddhist temple, we saw the famous and weird Merlion statue which has a fish body and lions head and is a huge thirty foot high water fountain, and we sauntered along the wharf of ...