Saturday, April 29, 2006
Loved you & leaving you Singapore!
Not to mention the home of the fabulous Funan Digital Life Mall - shall be back very soon for a visit!
McDONALDS MENU - SINGAPORE
Beef Fantastic
Chicken Fantastic
Double Fillet Burger
It may seem like we have been sponsopred by McDonalds but heck we were glad for a proper Maccies menu again. No beef in India was a killer(not to mention no bacon). But after our first Big Mac and the free internet access on offer, all was forgiven. Not to mention our ordering of big breakfast meals delivered to our door 24/7, "I'm loving it".
Friday, April 28, 2006
Cable Car journey to Santosa.. i mean Sinagpore.. err ..Mount Faber!
On the way to Santosa Island we decided to claim the island in the name of Trehan-Young. That was until we got to the other end of the journey & saw the stunning Singapore Skyline & thought: "Ooh that's kinda close" - we discovered we were still in Singapore. We had got on the wrong cable car which took us in the wrong direction to Mount Faber. Another cable car journey later we were ready to take on Santosa!
On Mount Faber:
The famous Merlion on approach to Santosa:
Santosa Island: Musical Fountain & Laser Show
We watched a musical fountain show which featured a light show, projected onto a fountain. It made use of music, huge 2d/3d animated projections, fireworks, smoke and all sorts. Also at one point, the huge Merllion in the background began to shoot lasers out of its eyes. It was amazing.
Cinemax:
We went into this dome shaped cinema that had these moving mechanical pods for us to sit in. The pods would move as the show developed. The first film was a little like a rollercoaster ride which was ok. The second was full of dinosaurs running around everywhere and was pretty cool. The ride didn't half throw you around though.
Memorable Moment: Santosa Island
SANTOSA ISLAND
The day began with taking a scenic cable car trip to Mount Faber, where we stopped to take a look at the breath taking views of the Singapore skyline.
We then took the cable car back across past Singapore further to Santosa Island - where we had the most memorable day of our huunymoon so far.
Seeing the creatures of the ocean at the Underwater world, was great alone, but at the touch pool we experienced the feel of a stingray and a shark.
We went on to the Dolphin Lagoon so see the intelligent creatures performance, after the show we stepped into the water with them which was lovely.
By the time we left the Dolphin Lagoon we got caught up in the tropical showers, so decided to pay a visit to the Spa Botanical instead and have a pampering afternoon. The massage from the waterfall in the floating pool was so relaxing we then finished off in the warm mud pool which was soo ooohhhh!!!Didn’t want to leave.. But we had a finish off the day at the Island with the Musical Fountain Laser show, which was needless to say also impressive.
After taking the cable car back to the mainland Singapore, the day was brought to a perfect end by our meal at one of the many restaurants located at the Raffles Hotel.
The famous Singapore Sling
Created behind the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore
Here is the recipe for those cocktail lovers out there..
30ml Gin
15 ml Cherry Brandy
120 ml Pineapple Juice
15 ml Lime Juice
7.5 ml Cointreau
7.5 ml Dom Benedictine
10 ml Grenadine
A Dash of Angostura Bitters
Garnish with a slice of Pineapple and Cherry
DINING IN THE SKY
Thursday, April 27, 2006
SINGAPORE SCIENCE CENTRE
At the enterance there was a little park area with a huge metal fish sculpture. The park had loads of little windmills, corkscrews and other mechanisms. Oh and a Ronald McEinstein selling his usual scientific wonders for burgers.
Inside there were loads of funny little gadgets. They had the usual stuff such as floating footballs over air jets, cogs, virtual illusions and such likes. They also had some more interesting stuff such as an illusion that made it look like your head was on a plate, sitting on a table. There was also this cool face morphing, distorting machine. It made some cool images. They also had a tornado generator and a mechanism that created the American Indian style smoke signals.
Imax film:
We decided to leave the main museum for a while to attend a film in their Imax cinema. We needed to use a stamp on ourselves on the way out so we could get back in later. Bobbi decided that the perfect location for this stamp was my forehead. Anyways we went in to watch the film on ancient Greece which was pretty informative and well done. The Imax really made you feel like you were there, travelling through the environment. Well worth the money.
Crappy Simulator:
There was this poor quality simulator ride outside which we tried. It was one of those that you see at theme parks. It was one of the most poor experiences we have ever wasted money on. We may as well have sat in front of the TV while having someone shake us a bit now and then. Still, there was some cool stuff in the rest of the Science Centre, although there were a few too many boring information films scattered around. Most often it was more fun pressing the button to start the movie than actually watching it.
BOTANICAL GARDENS
(Actually that was all my fault (Bobbi) new shoes! Sorry Sweetheart)
DIRTY TOWN
ESPALANDE THEATRE
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Memorable moment: Night Safari
We went into a fruit bat enclosure where it was quite dark. Sure enough it was full of these big fruit bats, all just hanging there. At this point Bobbi turned around and said "Watch out careful your quite close to that one" whilst pointing at a bat a few feet away. She didn't however notice that there was one bat so close to her head that she could have been wearing it as a hat. I then started filming it while it was looking right at me. It was looking right at me… longing for the fruit in my veins.
When we were about to enter the enclosure there were a couple right behind us & Bobbi screamed out for dropping our precious little camera. As we had just half entered, this caused for the couple behind us to also scream out in sequence in fear of their lives.
NIGHT SAFARI
Night Safari - bongo burgers…
There was a fab little restaurant called bongo Burgers at the entrance - where we of course ate.. Just thought it was a regular beef burger with a fancy name.. Until we met the bongo's in the Safari later on..
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
MORE MALL MADNESS
Monday, April 24, 2006
CHINA TOWN
Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple
MALLS MALLS MALLS
Instead we visited this garden area called Koi Garden in the lower mall. Loads of big fat fish. Very pretty!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
ASSISTANCE PLEASE
FUNAN DIGITALIFE MALL
We were at first quite suprised that they claimed that some of their products came with shit graphics cards. Don't they get in trouble for swearing at the customers?, we thought. But later we noticed that it was just their accent and they were saying the word SHARED not shit.
Oh and the sweet icing on the cake was the free wifi access at their McDonalds.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
FOOD 1ST IMPRESSIONS
ARRIVING IN SINGAPORE
This has to be one of the worlds most fantastic airports, every need is catered for.
We have found that you can tell a lot about a place by its airport. As we got off the plane and into the airport we noticed some free internet terminals. Wow free internet!! An unmonitored amount of time later we stopped and thought "hang on, how long have we been here using the net". We then darted through the airport 'about to miss-a-flight style' arriving at the baggage reclaim to find our luggage still going round on the conveyor belt on its lonesome of course!