sentosa & nights out

wednesday 29 july

i went with a group of exchange students today to sentosa island resort.
for some reason, everyone i meet is canadian.
we went to 4 different attractions (the merlion, sky tower, segways, and 4d movie) for 10$ plus the beach.

this is a merlion. the famous mythical animal representing singapore.
it has the head of the lion and a body of the fish.
singapore was originally named singapura (singa = lion, pura = city) because a great prince came to the land and came face to face with a lion. the two supposedly understood each other's grandeur and became friends. historically, singapore has no lions. how silly.

this is the view from the top of the merlion.

we also went on the tiger sky tower. i forget how tall it is, but the view was pretty nice.

here are views of the beach area at sentosa:

afterward, all of the exchange students were invited out to a night at clarke quay.

thursday 30 july consisted of orientation and another night out at west coast park.