Yesterday we took a day long adventure over to Sentosa Island....located just south of Singapore about a 30 to 45 minuet commute via train from the Central area. I first imagined Sentosa to be this exotic island full of white sand beaches ....but I was way off! The pictures here don't really show what the island is really like....but the entire area is one giant Theme Park! Owned and operated by the Singapore Government...Sentosa is full of games, rides, beaches, resorts and soon to be Universal Studios and Marina Bay Sands, which is a massive integrated resort (basically, a city built within a city www.marinabaysands.com)
Upon entering the island (via monorail) all you see is construction. In fact the only view of the island from Singapore is all construction. The new integrated resorts are HUGE!!!!!!! The Southern area of Sentosa however is really nice, full of beaches, bars, restaurants and beach volleyball!!!!
Once we arrived we found bikes that we could ride along the beach, so Jamie and I rented a tandem bike.....it was really fun, especially since he could not really tell that I wasn't peddling much!
One of the beaches on Sentosa....the sand was okay....we thought that it might have been man made beaches....but still really nice.
View on top of a tower we climbed.
While biking we rode past a monkey, so of course I yelled "STOP! MONKEY! CAMERA!" He was just hanging out, watching people.
It was a fun day...but by 4pm, we were exhausted!!!! So we headed back, had dinner with Jon and Anya and then rested up for Sunday morning where we have plans to head to the Hyatt hotel brunch......all you can eat for 4 hours AND all you can drink champagne, wine and beer! TROUBLE!
Upon entering the island (via monorail) all you see is construction. In fact the only view of the island from Singapore is all construction. The new integrated resorts are HUGE!!!!!!! The Southern area of Sentosa however is really nice, full of beaches, bars, restaurants and beach volleyball!!!!
Once we arrived we found bikes that we could ride along the beach, so Jamie and I rented a tandem bike.....it was really fun, especially since he could not really tell that I wasn't peddling much!
One of the beaches on Sentosa....the sand was okay....we thought that it might have been man made beaches....but still really nice.
View on top of a tower we climbed.
While biking we rode past a monkey, so of course I yelled "STOP! MONKEY! CAMERA!" He was just hanging out, watching people.
It was a fun day...but by 4pm, we were exhausted!!!! So we headed back, had dinner with Jon and Anya and then rested up for Sunday morning where we have plans to head to the Hyatt hotel brunch......all you can eat for 4 hours AND all you can drink champagne, wine and beer! TROUBLE!
Mollie and I think you are just vacationing!!! MISS YOU
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