Sunshine in Sentosa

Travelling to Sentosa on the cable car

Conquered our first run,
waiting to go up the chairlift
for another go

Ready to go

Wait for me Beck!

Silso Beach from the fort view 

Looking out to the Singapore Strait

My choice, frozen mango yoghurt,
dipped in dark chocolate and smothered in hazelnuts 

Eating mangos and mangosteen
over the bathroom sink, YUM

Ahhh, we can breathe now....

Beck is in charge of dinner tonight,
a selection of different foods from different stalls,
my favourite is the shaved noodles

Another glorious day in paradise, its 8:30am in the morning and the sun is burning on the way to get Beck’s morning kopi (coffee). Today we are venturing further afield to the adventure island, Sentosa.

Sentosa is the playground of Singapore and fun for kids of all ages, our chosen death-defying activity is the luge. Helmets donned we set off down the first timers lane for our briefing. Forward to stop, back to go FAST, I think I can do that. Let’s go. Brmmm, brrm, picking up speed, sign to the jungle track veer right, its a corner, lean, ok, overtaking a slow-moving Indian lady, now going by a 10-year-old kid, Beck yells go faster, faster, whoosh we made it, that was fun.

Now up in the chairlift in the burning hot sun to have another go, and then another. On the final lap we ask the guy which track is the hardest and he tells us to head for the expedition, we wait for a big gap and we are off, singing ‘everything is awesome, when you are part of a team’, faster and faster we go, the signs say slow down but Beck just keeps yelling go faster and we pick up quite a bit of speed, alas the track ends and we need to put on the brakes and return our helmets. That was fun!

Now onto the beach and then some exploring amongst the palm trees, find a fancy hotel to rest in with some aircon, ice-creams, beers in the street (again), amazing views from Fort Silso and crossing a bridge to a little island to see up close the hundreds of container ships in the Singapore Strait.

The container ships have fascinated us since flying in and seeing them dotted all over the ocean, more than 2000 ships go through the strait each day. The strait is 105 km long and one-quarter of the world's traded goods from oil to Pokemon toys travel through. Some ships will shelter in the straight before they arrive at their destination as ports around Asia are at capacity. Interesting article, What a Singapore Strait traffic jam says about the world economy.

That's enough heat for one day, back to base we go and into the pool. To annoy the other guests with a bomb whilst goproing. That brought the body temperature back to normal.