Day 2: Singapore - Sentosa Island

After sleeping many, many hours, we went to Sentosa Island! It's pretty much an entire island of tourist attractions, like Universal Studios, museums, aquarium, things-that-appeal-to-asians.

Male peacock saying wassup to the ladies

It was pouring rain for the first half of the day which was too bad, but it kept the temperature cool. We started at Fort Siloso, a museum all about WWII. It holds the largest collection of WWII memorabilia of all Asia. It was actually pretty interesting. I did not think I would enjoy it too much because I tend to only like animal related exhibits, but the tour guide was great and it was good!

There were lots of peacocks roaming about the island. I like peacocks.

We walked around a lot, ate at Din Tai Fung, looked at people, and checked out the casino.

We stopped by Underwater World (an aquarium, of course). It was interesting to see the differences from Seattle's aquarium, which I recently went to. At Underwater World, there is much more interaction with the fish/sea-creatures. The "petting tank" was full of catfish, puffers, and lil stingrays. They also allowed people to touch gigantic stingrays, and fat parrot fish. I like fat parrot fish.

Look at those fat parrot fish looking at my hand

Before leaving the aquarium, we watched their sea lion and dolphin show. They were pink dolphins! I hope they are treated well there.

I wanted to bring my pet pig though...

The last part of Sentosa Island was the Songs of the Sea show. It was a pyrotechnic, laser, water, and fireworks show all in one. It was awesome to see the combination of water and lasers. It kind of looked like the Aurora Borealis at one point.

After leaving the island, we went to Fish Head Steamboat Restaurant. Yummy fish hot pot! Dessert was at Ji Di Chi, where I had assortments of durian desserts. Durian, so loved over here, and despised at home. I loved their selection of desserts, from shaved ice cream, to mochi, and puddings. Stores that only sell desserts like this should be required in all cities.

Now its time to sleep. I would like a foot massage one of these days... Tomorrow we head to Penang!

Green tea shaved ice cream dessert