Singapore: Sentosa Island




June 9 to 11, 2005. Three days walking in the streets, the zoos and all the other attractions. We actually arrived June in the evening, and left June 12 early in the morning. Went with my brother and father, who took the plane in davao, which made a stopover in cebu before proceeding to singapore. In three days, went to Sentosa, Malay Village, Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Fort Canning, Armenian Street, Hop-on Bus around Chinatown and other areas in the colonial district, Botanic Gardens, Little India, Arab Street, Suntec City, Esplanade, Boat up the Singapore River, and finally ending at the reverse bungee at Clarke Quay at 1 a.m. No shopping, even with the Great Singapore Sale on at the time. Ate quite a lot of strange, spicy food in their food markets.

I'll be posting mostly people shots taken with my brother's digital camera. Only brought one roll of film for my heavy camera, so used it sparingly =P

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  1. Sus ubb622June 15, 2005 at 10:51 PM

    son of a *(&(&#(&#@#@! Lovely fish!

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  2. Alistair IsraelJune 16, 2005 at 1:00 AM

    You look like a dark Japanese geisha lady here...

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  3. Jeneen GarciaJune 18, 2005 at 5:10 AM

    yup yup! i loved Underwater World. i think i went to singapore to see the animals hahaha

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  4. Jeneen GarciaJune 18, 2005 at 5:16 AM

    hehe. that's because i didn't bring any clothes with me (just my bikini) when i went to sentosa, and it was so hot, i insisted on walking around in my swimwear until we went somewhere aircon again, even though the beach was unappealing--a poor excuse for a coastal ecosystem (stayed less than a minute in the water, and only so i could say i'd been to the beach in singapore =P). so anyway, i had to borrow my brother's bathrobe to do that. conservative e *blush* hehe

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