In between a cramped MBA schedule peppered with various courses lasting a week or two we suddenly found ourselves with a weeks break with nothing to do ..so thot of hitting Malaysia .. planned a lot stuff .. but cud finally get away only for 5 days .. we had the tickets for Malaysian Grand Prix .. so fitted our tour around tht.
We left Singapore by KLM Train .. KL was an overnight journey from Sing ... train was like the ones we get in India ( AC coaches) but was running on metre gauge hence compartment seemed smaller and the whole experience wasnt tht gr8 as it shook a lot more than Indian trains.
Entire trip was planned thru minimal internet research ... the big learning i got from this trip ( as with couple of trips i had undertaken in India also) was tht all u need is spirit to roam and experience something new and once u pack ur bags n set out everything falls in place.
At the same time i have to mention tht basic planning is also a must for instance we had booked hotels and train tickets in advance , but rest of the itenary n places we covered were all decided after reaching the respective places.This trip also gave me a chance to experience a totally different nation , which is similar to our own country in some ways , but is marching
ahead in many ways and offers very good lessons for us. I had lived in Singapore for 4 months prior to this , but had not observed the nation tht much , but after malaysian trip when i came back , i started comparing both the nations and kinda improved my understanding of Singapore.
So will post all the happenings of our 5 day trip over here in a series of posts.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Sentosa Trip - part 2
My days in Singapore were slowly coming to an end but the 2nd visit to Sentosa seemed a distant possibility as we made grand plans to tour outside Singapore. But as with most well laid plans this one also came unstuck and finally decided to cap off my last week in Singapore with another Sentosa visit and try and cover things i missed last time ...
Wanted to cover Fort Siloso which i cudnt fully explore last time around but unfortunately by the time i reached the place there want enuf time to sneak in a visit .. this time visited by paying just $3 monorail 2 way ticket and decided to but the tickets for each attraction from the island itself ... (very costly option if u r visiting for the 1st time , as some of my friends discovered !!!)
This time we especially wanted to see songs of the sea program which happens @ 7:45/8:45 at night .. So we got the Songs of the sea tickets along with island entry ticket itself as the shows get full by evening time.
First stop was at cineblast the 4-D theater .. had seen the movie earlier tried the other attraction and found tht it was a very good experience but lasted only 15 min .. which was way tooo less
then the next stop was at Luge ... we get to go down a hill in a sled kinda thing which has got brakes and can be maneuvered to an extent and boy it was fun .. best part was tht for $18 ticket .. u get to do it 3 times !!! u go down the hill , come up in a sky ride (ropeway) and its one of the best things in the island ...
we were done with this by 7 and since we had another 45 min to kill thot to visiting the small beach over there and then spotted the beach bar !
the Bartender suggested a local cocktail called 'Singapore Sling' so we ordered tht ... he took an awfully lot of time to prepare it and we got our hands on the drink @ arnd 7:30 and there was less than 5 min to the show and we all were in a hurry n dint have time enjoy the drink and hence gulped it down in a jiffy and the bartender who had prepared the drink for over 15 min looked very annoyed with us for finishing it off in 15 secs !!!
the Songs of the Sea show features some local songs with dancing performers and spectacular laser show topped off with brilliant fireworks and was really good.
When you are done with each of these 'éxperiences' when move out u invariably pass through cleverly placed stores selling souvenirs/memorabilia connected to the show u just saw/other attractions in the island and most ppl ending buying something or other !
just for memory sake i bought a small singing statute to keep at my home and much to my chagrin found tht my parents (who visited this place a month back) had bought the same object !!!
Looking at the island u cant help admiring the way these ppl have turned a small island into such a brilliant money-spinner which gives the tourists a great experience.
But they arent done yet .. they have plans to build a casino on the island and a few other attractions are also being planned making this a place to visit for any tourist.
Wanted to cover Fort Siloso which i cudnt fully explore last time around but unfortunately by the time i reached the place there want enuf time to sneak in a visit .. this time visited by paying just $3 monorail 2 way ticket and decided to but the tickets for each attraction from the island itself ... (very costly option if u r visiting for the 1st time , as some of my friends discovered !!!)
This time we especially wanted to see songs of the sea program which happens @ 7:45/8:45 at night .. So we got the Songs of the sea tickets along with island entry ticket itself as the shows get full by evening time.
First stop was at cineblast the 4-D theater .. had seen the movie earlier tried the other attraction and found tht it was a very good experience but lasted only 15 min .. which was way tooo less
then the next stop was at Luge ... we get to go down a hill in a sled kinda thing which has got brakes and can be maneuvered to an extent and boy it was fun .. best part was tht for $18 ticket .. u get to do it 3 times !!! u go down the hill , come up in a sky ride (ropeway) and its one of the best things in the island ...
we were done with this by 7 and since we had another 45 min to kill thot to visiting the small beach over there and then spotted the beach bar !
the Bartender suggested a local cocktail called 'Singapore Sling' so we ordered tht ... he took an awfully lot of time to prepare it and we got our hands on the drink @ arnd 7:30 and there was less than 5 min to the show and we all were in a hurry n dint have time enjoy the drink and hence gulped it down in a jiffy and the bartender who had prepared the drink for over 15 min looked very annoyed with us for finishing it off in 15 secs !!!
the Songs of the Sea show features some local songs with dancing performers and spectacular laser show topped off with brilliant fireworks and was really good.
When you are done with each of these 'éxperiences' when move out u invariably pass through cleverly placed stores selling souvenirs/memorabilia connected to the show u just saw/other attractions in the island and most ppl ending buying something or other !
just for memory sake i bought a small singing statute to keep at my home and much to my chagrin found tht my parents (who visited this place a month back) had bought the same object !!!
Looking at the island u cant help admiring the way these ppl have turned a small island into such a brilliant money-spinner which gives the tourists a great experience.
But they arent done yet .. they have plans to build a casino on the island and a few other attractions are also being planned making this a place to visit for any tourist.
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