Day 3

A bit of a sleep in for us so breaky had to be taken at the hotel buffet. Very western, beautiful fare but not what we were after. Met the others in the lobby at 8:00 and headed next door to hop on the MRT (subway). The MRT was incredible. The cleanest subway I have ever seen. The stations are immaculate and open. To top it off all of it was air-conditioned. Once we worked out the ticketing we were good to go. Got off at Harbour Front and made our way to the cable car station for Sentosa Island. This was located very high up in an office tower. We went the glass bottom cable car for $17 and flew across to Sentosa. When leaving the tower the ground went from 6 foot below us to 15 stories below us. Yep, real glad we got the glass-bottomed car. Overcoming that the views across the harbour, city and island were fantastic. Very green and lush.

Exiting the cable car we changed some $ and watched Ryan chase peacocks as he was making chicken noises J. We made our way to butterfly house. Nice collection of dead butterflies and bugs. What surprised us was that Ryan was the star. We had a couple of Chinese girls ask if they could have a photo taken with him. What the? Then out into the main attraction the live enclosure. ‘Ken awesome. All these huge butterflies floating about. Ryan was dazzled, chasing them with no success. Then he saw the chooks and we had to put him in his pram before he did himself an injury.

So there I was minding my own business walked about 30cm away from a reticulated python in his little cage. Then out of nowhere the bugger lunged at me. I heard the crash of his jaws on the wire followed by the wind caused from the strike. I looked down and got a great look at his teeth, still clamped on the wire. Then I could hear the ticker going double time as the brain finally realised what had happened. I near full on shite myself. Then to make matters worse, 2 minutes later wandering around in a daze one of those bloody chickens jumped under my foot and let out a huge ber-kirk!! when I trode on it. The heart was truly on the edge now. A butterfly could have landed on me and I would have dropped. But I continued in the sizzling heat with jaw a gasp looking at all the beautiful insects before heading for air-conditioned shelter.

After re-hydrating we boarded one of the free busses to the Ferry Terminal to see a bird show. But we had time to squeeze lunch in first. Another “food court” and I had crunchy squid, Zuz had a prawn omelette and Ryan took on a pork noddle dish of sorts. While comfortably tucked away under cover we experienced our first dose of tropical rain. I understand why the gutters are so big now. The rain made life a little more comfortable. Then off to watch the bird show and get the photo with a macaw.

Back on a bus to see the pink dolphin show after parting with $20 to see it, with admission thrown in for Underwater World. Ryan played in the sand and when told off for something he sunk his head into the sand, obviously not knowing the consequences. Sweaty head, sand….you get the picture. It was everywhere. Eyes, nose and mouth. So we cleaned him up and went to see the Underwater World. Ryan saw the turtles out the front and gave a big ”tur-tle”. Looked around inside. Ryan loved the touch pool, more for splashing everything. Not too bad a place, but being used to Sydney for aquariums…we got our enjoyment watching Ryan watching the “fishies” and running around on the underwater travelator. After that another compulsory drink stop, a ride on the bus and more girls wanting photos with Ryan. Then we met up with Marketa and Jirka again and explored the beaches from the comfort of the beach tram before heading to the Ferry Terminal for more re-hydration. Did I say it was very humid here?

It was off to the musical fountain show next. Walking through the fountain gardens to get there. Another fountain for Ryan to splash in to relieve the heat. We sat in the arena and waited an hour for the show. It was packed and the show was well worth the wait. No words or pictures could explain, but the lasers out of the large Merlions eyes were a bit over the top. We battled the crowds to get back on a bus and to the cable car. Meanwhile Ryan had slept through the show and also the psycho bus / rally drivers adventure. Back on to the cable car and an awesome night time view of the city. A fly over a huge cruise ship and back into the tower before riding the MRT home. All in all, a pretty full day.