Thursday July 30, 2009

Thursday morning we set out to visit Sentosa Island, described as a "recreational playground". It is off the southern tip of the main island and had been used as a British Military base until 1967. Every little thing has an entrance fee so we didn't go in all the attractions, e.g. the old fort or the aquarium. The island is restored to replicate the flora of the old Singapore and it has beaches to play in the ocean. It is protected by reefs, etc. and so there are no waves to speak of which are the main attraction of the ocean for me. We waded a bit but didn't swim. Some of the walks were closed for maintenance or reconstruction, along with about 25% of Singapore. Everywhere, "they are sorry for any inconvenience caused" but you can't go there anyway.

We took the MRT to the Harbor Front station, where Bruce looked closely at the map and determined that the cable cars at Mount Faber were just a little to the west of the MRT. I followed the leader and we walked and walked and walked along the freeway. "I think we should see it pretty soon." Until we ran out of sidewalk and turned back. (Remember how hot it is here.) As we got closer to the MRT I could see the Cable Cars and they indeed were about 150 yards west of the MRT. We had been walking east!