#ALeoInLionCity MBS Singapore

[seasiawanderer]

Singapore

There were so many gorgeous things to see and do in the Lion City! I really don’t know what else to say about Singapore except that it was amazing! I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.   

We spent the first three days away from the city center (unintentionally) discovering some gems such as this Mexican restaurant/mural combo:

And this slice-of-cake building (I’m not sure what its real name is but wow it was sharp looking!) 

This was the same cake building from another angle.

And the “honeycomb” building, as we named it, had workers (honeybees) strapped to it cleaning the combs. See bottom left.

The fountain of wealth was displayed from the basement of one of the MANY huge malls:

There was an Arab street/neighborhood containing this mosque, and very good cheap eats:

As well as cafes where they sell...well they’re very up front about it: 

The theaters by the bay, inspired by durians:

Spikey trees in Fort Canning: 

And slick memorials: 

The city itself is so organized, open, and clean! It truly is a jewel! 

We were lucky enough to stay at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel with Sangha, one of Louie’s friends from work:

THIS WAS OUR VIEW:

IT WAS AMAZING:

SERIOUSLY

Marina Bay Sands had a Comic Cafe with bleh food:

And, again, very close to/attached to MBS was the ArtScience Musem. This is what they think babies might look like in the future. Take a good look at the hole in it’s head. That’s to “more efficiently intake medicine”.

This was our view at night from the roof:

We saw a light show from the top and decided to go to the next one shortly after.

It was amazing.

This was the double helix bridge! (The shape of DNA!) 

Which was right next to the ArtScience Museum (white flowery building). 

We also went to the Maxwell Hawker Center, where we ate some Hainanese Chicken Rice. 

A++++++ Would recommend!!

And of course, the only reason we stayed at the MBS hotel: for the pool.

The Gardens by the Bay also featured a light show at night: 

One minute the trees were one color...

and the next, they were a different color:

This is the same helix bridge by day lol: 

We took a stroll to Merlion Park, and I pretended to quench my thirst:

And finally stopped at the National Museum of Singapore, where we learned that at one point, Singapore tried to merge with Malaysia after the British and even Japanese had invaded. (That lasted only 2 years because of political differences between the two countries.) 

And the next day we were on a plane to Indonesia!