Sentosa Outing

We went down to Sentosa (island) yesterday. We bought the Imbiah Surprise Package which consisted of Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom, the new 4-D Magix Experience, Carlsberg Sky Tower, Images of Singapore, Skytrain and Luge ride, Merlion, Musical Fountain and a round trip by cable car.

We went in by cab and stopped at the Visitor's Arrival Centre before buying the package. Now that the monorail has closed, we took a bus to the beach station where we first had a picnic lunch consisting of the food I packed. Then we took a stroll along the beach before crossing to the Southernmost Point of Asia Continent.

Bottle tree near the beach - I took this as I find the tree unique

Chameleon I saw on the beach

A cactus plant on the beach

The entrance of the Southernmost Point of Asia Continent

The drawbridge leading to the southernmost point

The beach tram

After coming back from the southernmost point, we took a bus to the Imbiah lookout and started our tour with the 4D Magix Experience, which is a movie theatre that shows four-dimensional pictures. As with 3-D, we needed to wear a type of special glasses in order to see the pictures.

The movie was on pirates and we could actually feel the ground rocking, with wind and water splashing at us, just like in the movie. It was a real thrilling experience!

Queuing up for the 4-D movie (with the special glasses)

Next, we proceeded to the Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom, where fossils and models of butterflies and insects are kept.

The evolution of man (mural at the entrance of Butterfly Park)

A dragonfly fossil (embedded in a rock)

Fossil of a frog

Fossil of a fish

Examples of butterfly models (my favourite is the one in the middle!)

Life cycle of a Butterfly - the eggs

Life cycle of a Butterfly - the caterpillar (larva)

Life cycle of a Butterfly - the cocoon (pupa)

Life cycle of a Butterfly - the new butterfly (adult)

The man-faced beetle

The African Land Snail (actual size)

The Silk Moths

After seeing all the butterflies, we went to the Carlsberg Tower, which is just a tall tower with a round lift to the top for a view of the whole island.

The Carlsberg Tower

View from the top of the Carlsberg Tower

After coming back to ground again, we went to the Carlsberg Sky Bar next to the tower for our free drink. It was a non-alcoholic green drink with a marshmallow. Nice and soothing, but I could not taste what ingredients were used to make the drink.

The free drink

After cooling off, we proceeded to the Merlion. It is the only tall and big Merlion and we could watch the origins of the Merlion and went to the top of its head.

The Merlion

A mermaid in the Merlion

After coming down from the Merlion, we went to take the Luge ride and Sky train. The Luge was an exciting ride all the way down to the beach, then we took a Sky train back to the point of origin.

The Luge

The Sky train

Our next destination was the Images of Singapore wax museum. The place consisted of wax figures depicting the entire history of Singapore, and history of the various races. The figures also showed what Singapore looked like and was like in the last century until independence.

An old rickshaw in the streets of olden Singapore

We had dinner at the Tastes of Singapore Restaurant in the wax museum itself. We initially wanted to watch the Musical Fountain, but it was too crowded so we decided to go back via the cable car instead.

Actually I wanted to go to the Underwater World and Fort Siloso tour as well, but these were not included in the package and there was no more time. I must go these two places next time. But overall, we had a very enjoyable day with each other!

The Merlion by night

A view of the cable car

In the cabin of the cable car

The door of the cable car

The other side of the cable car cabin