Siloso Beach + City Tour

On Friday I went to Siloso Beach on Sentosa with some friends and it was gorgeous. The sand was white, there were places to sit and eat. The only thing was; it didn't quite feel like a normal beach, because about 500m into the water were huge freighter ships (by the 100s) blocking the view of the ocean. Sentosa island is in the middle of the port!

Yesterday I went on a city tour with other SMU students and we went to the Buddha Tooth Temple in Chinatown, Little India, Arab St. mosque, the water filter (Singapore water is recycled!), and went on a night safari in the Singapore zoo. There were no fences between us and the animals so it felt very much as if we were in the wild - especially since the zoo is located in a jungle. We also took a bus tour through the city and the bus functioned as a boat, too, so we drove into the water (that sounds funny) and took a boat tour as well.

The city is very pretty, clean, and uber modern!

The Marina Bay Sands Hotel is amazing - it has a great view over the city and I plan to get a room with some friends so that we can go to the pool located on the "ship" at the top.

This was at the water recycling center (Marina Barrage) where I got to know my fellow classmates and new exchange friends better. :)

We were supposed to go to Universal Studios today, but it was raining. However, the ticket is available for the next 5 months so I will certainly go on another day.

When it rains here, it rains a LOT! Thankfully umbrellas were invented.