Woohoo !!! We were on our way to Sentosa *excited jig* We started off around 930AM and took the MRT to Bayfront - from where we caught the "Sentosa express" to get to the island!! The train is a monorail and is super cute :D
Check in time at the resort is 3PM - we had decided to go there, leave our luggage at the lobby and finish The S.E.A. Aquarium post which we would check in. Sentosa island is gorgeous ! It's kinda like a circle with spokes that has different attractions at the end of each spoke, with shops along the way.
We went to the aquarium - super excited as the pictures on the website were incredible ! wow .... the entire thing is almost completely underground. As you begin your journey, you start at the shark tank. There are hammer heads, big whites, killers etc etc etc. And it's so damn scary as you feel as though they might be able to break the glass and get to you :D The aquarium follows a path where you get to see all enclosures and there are varieties of species that you get to see. Some underwater creatures are butt-ugly, while some are so gorgeous with their colours .. Every creature moves with such fluidity and is so graceful; we got to see this at a point in the middle which is like a huge view point. You can sit on the steps and just watch, watch manta rays, sting rays, manatees, schools of fishes etc swim past in their tank. It's just to relaxing and calming. I think we sat there for some 15 minutes !
In the centre of the gallery there is this huge cylindrical tank where there are tonnes of fish. This tank is the one that features in Finding Dory !!! Actually S.E.A aquarium is the location the movie is based on !! We saw so many Dorys and Nemos - it was awesome. There was this school group that had come to the aquarium and I was totally able to relate to their excitement when they saw Nemos and Dorys swimming past in their tanks :D
After we got done with the aquarium we realised that it was only 2PM and we had the rest of the entire day to ourselves and we had NOTHING to do !!! I started getting all depressed thinking that we are wasting time and ... you know, the usual whining. Then we saw ... a CASINO ! walked in, showed our passports and started gambling. Ok, we didn't gamble exactly, but we went to the slot machines. I put in a 2 dollar note, each swipe was 2 cents - made 0 money :( Sudhir wanted to have a go, and we didn't have any more 2 notes. So we collected all the chillar he had and I went to the money counter to get notes in their place. In front of me a woman was exchanging a 1000 dollar note - OMG. I sheepishly handed over my coins and got 3 two dollar notes. Went back to the machine Sudhir was at and what do you know ! On every note, this bum made a profit !! On the first note, he exited when he got 2.48, one the second note he made some 4 odd, and on the last one he kinda got some jackpot where he won 40 dollars !!!!! Immediately removed everything and went and got m.o.n.e.y. :P
We got done around 4PM post which we decided to explore the island. We saw the Merlion where we did the usual tourist-y stuff of taking pics :) Walked down to the beaches that are there in the resort, lazed about there for a bit while soaking up some sun and beach waves. There are 3 beaches there - kinda like Goa but much smaller in size and all are linked to one another.
We bought tickets for this show called Wings of Time - read raving reviews about it. The show began at 7:15 and we were enthralled until 7:35 ... Amazing 20 minutes - worth every dollar spent. The show is about these kids who stumble upon a sleeping giant bird which can fly through time and who shows them how the earth was built. The spray of water was used as a canvas for the laser show, there were solid pieces of plastic that were used as his wings / rocks etc throughout the show. If you guys go to Sentosa, definitely go for this show.
We got back to our room after grabbing some grub from the cafes, and literally passed out from the exhaustion :)
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