Our Bucket List ~ Asia Here we Come! : Sunday in Singapore

We had a Great Day today!

We had our breakfast in the room - this hotel does not include breakfast - we had purchased some items the evening before so we were ready to start our day!

Off we went to the MRT - we had actually asked a local person where we could take a boat ride on the Singapore River - we remembered that from last time we were here. So off we headed to the underground subway.

Everything is so well maintained and so' user friendly too!

Nick looks on the map - pushes the place to get out of - and then computer just gives the amount, put in your change - and off we go!

......easy as pie!

People stand politely in line - on the sides of the entrance to the subway train - letting the passengers disembarking off first.

After they do - then we enter from the sides~

Here's the train - Nick - !

There's that really neat hotel called Marina Bay Sand Hotel - WOW - it looks like a big ship on the top of those 3 towers!!!!

And here is the Singapore River - and there is the Bumboat's we were interested in taking along the Marina!

Way Cool Nico!

Well it was another hotsie-totsie day in Singapore so the ride will be nice! 30+ C

Time to go onboard - yeah!

The "Captain" sat quietly steering the boat ~

This was the smoothest ride ever! But later we heard that the waters from the ocean into the river was controlled by locks. Interesting!

The TV screen and a very pleasant voice told us all about the sights and history along the riverfront!
So much to hear and ever so interesting to hear it all!

This area along the wharf was at one time the area where the Chinese did their business -

Back - years ago - the local boys would be jumping off the sides into the river - how cute huh?!

As we get closer to the hotel - it is still a amazing sight - don't you think?

Do you know that on the very top is a swimming pool that is built along the border of that long - ship looking thing! There is gardens - pool -

A Special promotional at this hotel was a room cost at $390,- Well not at this time...maybe some other day..ha!

This Lion is Singapore's mascot - he is spitting lots of water!

We passed this old classic hotel - The Fullerton Hotel and we would like to walk over to it and see the inside~

It was a century old English built - hotel from Singapore's English past!

These old homes along the riverfront had a special story to it - the Chinese merchants did their fishing, and business there across the river - and then in 1929 this bridge was built so that

...... that the local people could cross over to the Chinese section to do business with them.

If you double click on this picture you will see that all the shutters on that building ahead are all painted a different color - really cute - it used to police station in the colonial days and there was some more history told about some 'not so good' things that happened in there... - but now it is the Art Center.

Well it was a well-worthwhile 45 min boat ride and we saw much!