Day 125 Thurs. May 18, 2023 Singapore Overnight Depart 6:00

Day 125 Thurs. May 18, 2023  Singapore Overnight Depart 6:00

Today, I went out on my own.  I inquired about the round-trip cable car ride and decided that's how I wanted to spend my time and money.  It's all about the views and the views of Singapore were incredible.  I saw lush rainforests, high rises and beautiful views of the Singapore Harbor.    First, I went to Mount Faber Park and walked around to different viewpoints.  Very nice.  Then I rode the cable car back to where I started and continued on the Sentosa Island where I also walked around.  I saw Resorts World which included Hershey Singapore, Legos and Universal Studios.   

Singapore Cable Car is the World's first aerial cable car network that spans over a harbor. It is a gondola lift.

• Singapore Cable Car
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lots of shady walkways at the top of Faber Peak.
  
  
  
  
  
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  View of Singapore

  

  
  

  

  
  

  The struggle for independence resulted in self-governance in 1959.  The political leadership later had to cope with a range of pressing social economic issues and problems after separation from Malaysia.

  
  

  

  Singapore became a regional entrepôt and attracted large numbers of traders form the Malay archipelago, China, India and  the Middle East.  

  
  

  
  

  

  Singapore

  

  Oceania Insignia Level 10
  

  

  Oceania Insignia, Level 9
  

  

  Singapore
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  Keppell Bay, Singapore

  
  

  

  Merlion with a head of a lion and the body of a fish is the symbol of Singapore.  The fish body pays tribute to Singapore's humble beginning as a fishing village.  The lion's head represents Singapura which means lion city in Sanskrit.  A story goes that a prince came up the river and saw this creature.  
  

  
  

   

  
  
  
• Sharks in the aquarium pool

Army Hospital The Military Hospital was built for the British and Indian troops in the 1890’s. During the Japanese occupation the building was used for the barracks of the Japanese troops.  When World War II was over, married British servicemen  resided there and those with families lived in the smaller buildings around the hospital.  When the Singapore Armed Forces took over the military facilities, the building became the headquarters for the Singapore Combat Engineers.  When Sentosa became a leisure destination the building housed a wax figure display representing the surrender ceremony of the Japanese Occupation.  This evolved through time and is now Madame Tussauds Singapore as of 2016.

Legos Store

Monorail from mall, to Sentosa, to beach and back.

It's taken me three days to upload these photos and I am giving up. The wifi is so frustrating.