Photo update: Singapore
Ha-haaa! We're back down in Victoria, Ozland again after visiting Alice Springs. So...
Right.
Photos.
Finally, we'll backtrack to Singapore.
But first, please note that Qantas airlines quite literally forbids the use of Furbies on commercial airliners.
Wheee!! WHOOSH! (This is the South China Sea.)
Tim went to Singapore just for the Singapore Sling, y'know. It turned out we couldn't check into our hostel early so ended up rolling down the road to drink cocktails first thing in the morning:
This is The Long Bar of Raffles, with mosaic floors where you throw your peanut shells, and ceiling fans that’re actually mechanized to wave back and forth lazily rather than spin round. The drink isn’t without it’s charms, either.
Mullins in front of building in the centre of town (notice the garden city landscape) that’s designed entirely along Feng Shui principles; No hard corners, all the uprights are capped off. Excellent photo by Tim:
Right in the centre of Singapore:
Huge fountain in downtown financial district:
(Which was never on, but all the plaques around it made it sound impressive) The area around here is an absolute maze of shopping centres and malls above or below street level.
Building the cable car across to tourist trap Sentosa island runs from:
Across the strait to the island, way up high; main road across below, Singapore’s huge shipping area visible top left:
View of old temple(?) complex at edge of swamp; as seen from the car, Sentosa. Singapore in the background:
MER-LION, symbol of Singapore. And it’s equivalent of the statue of liberty, on Sentosa. About 50 metres tall. Rawr:
The whole island of Sentosa is basically an evil lair for an arch nemesis of James Bond. It has a cable car to get to it, potential for a Crocodile farm, the all-important Monorail and the Merlion is hollow with lookout holes in the eye sockets. It really doesn't get much better; all it's missing is the henchmen and a cameo from Burt Kwouk.
Right.
Photos.
Finally, we'll backtrack to Singapore.
But first, please note that Qantas airlines quite literally forbids the use of Furbies on commercial airliners.
Wheee!! WHOOSH! (This is the South China Sea.)
Tim went to Singapore just for the Singapore Sling, y'know. It turned out we couldn't check into our hostel early so ended up rolling down the road to drink cocktails first thing in the morning:
This is The Long Bar of Raffles, with mosaic floors where you throw your peanut shells, and ceiling fans that’re actually mechanized to wave back and forth lazily rather than spin round. The drink isn’t without it’s charms, either.
Mullins in front of building in the centre of town (notice the garden city landscape) that’s designed entirely along Feng Shui principles; No hard corners, all the uprights are capped off. Excellent photo by Tim:
Right in the centre of Singapore:
Huge fountain in downtown financial district:
(Which was never on, but all the plaques around it made it sound impressive) The area around here is an absolute maze of shopping centres and malls above or below street level.
Building the cable car across to tourist trap Sentosa island runs from:
Across the strait to the island, way up high; main road across below, Singapore’s huge shipping area visible top left:
View of old temple(?) complex at edge of swamp; as seen from the car, Sentosa. Singapore in the background:
MER-LION, symbol of Singapore. And it’s equivalent of the statue of liberty, on Sentosa. About 50 metres tall. Rawr:
The whole island of Sentosa is basically an evil lair for an arch nemesis of James Bond. It has a cable car to get to it, potential for a Crocodile farm, the all-important Monorail and the Merlion is hollow with lookout holes in the eye sockets. It really doesn't get much better; all it's missing is the henchmen and a cameo from Burt Kwouk.
Luscious patches of tropical rainforest you just happen to pass over:
Well...enough photos for now, but Hong Kong to follow soon
- Lee & Tim
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