Saturday, 19 December 2015

Makansutra Gluttons Bay, Singapore

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Makansutra Gluttons Bay is a hawker centre in Singapore located at Esplanade next to Marina Bay.
Check out the photos why it is very popular in the country.























































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Hello Kitty SG Run Singapore 19 December 2015

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The world's most famous character, Hello Kitty, was on its 2nd installment of the Hello Kitty Run Singapore on 19 December 2015.  It started at The Float @ Marina Bay and ended at The Float @ Marina Bay.  It was a 5km fun run started around 6:30pm with cut off time at 8pm.
In the previous year, the run was held under the scorching sun at Sentosa Island.  This year, the participants were able to enjoy the city skyline while running.


  


participants prepping for the run. view of Helix Bridge.




Helix Bridge is a pedestrian bridge linking the Marina Centre to the Marina South in the Marina Bay Area in Singapore.



photo source:  Hello Kitty Run site

The race had flagged-off  and ended at The Float@ Marina Bay, running through the Esplanade Dr, Fullerton Road, Marina Blvd curved to The Promontory@ Marina Bay to Marina Bay Sands, The Shoppes @ MBS, Bayfront Ave and back the The Float to Finish Line.


Floating platform and the Singapore Central Business District, view from the Helix Bridge.





Finish line at the floating platform of  the 30,000 capacity grandstand



The Float @ Marina Bay, Singapore.  View from Helix Bridge:  The 30,000 capacity grandstand and the floating platform, The Esplanade Theatres on the Bay "The Big Durian".


ArtScience Museum

 passing The Shoppes at MBS



Finish line

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Sunday, 13 December 2015

Esplanade and Merlion Park, Singapore





View from Fullerton Rd, Esplanade- Theatres on the Bay along Esplanade Dr


Cavenagh bridge is one of the oldest bridges in Singapore opened in 1870.  It is the only suspension bridge in Singapore.  Rickshaws and ox carts had been carried by the bridge in the earlier years.  When the bridge was unable to cope up with the traffic flow, Anderson Bridge was built in 1910.
The government had decided not to demolish the Cavenagh bridge.  It is now a pedestrian bridge.



Fullerton Hotel, Singapore along the Singapore River. A boat passed the Anderson bridge



Asian Civilisations Museum is one of the four museums in Singapore. 

Esplanade -Theatre on the Bay, often refer as "A Big Durian", is a performing art center located in Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River


Anderson Bridge connects the Finance District (South)  to City Hall (North).  It is a vehicular bridge spans across the Singapore River.

During the Japanese Occupation (1942~1945), the heads of the criminals were hung on the bridge to remind the citizens not to break the law.

In 1990, due to increasing traffic flow, the Esplanade bridge was constructed to provide faster access between the Marina Centre and the Finance District in Shenton Way.

On the left is the Esplanade Bridge

Walking through the Esplanade Bridge.  View to Finance District and heading to Merlion Park.
Esplanade Bridge is a road bridge spans across the Singapore River.  Esplanade Theatre on the Northern part.  Merlion Part on the Southern part.




Esplanade- Theatres on the bay, Marina Bay, Singapore.
Nearest MRT stations:
Esplanade  (Circle Line/Yellow Line)
City Hall (East West/Green Line)
City (North South/Red Line)




Esplanade Theatre by the Bay, Marina Bay, Singapore



Merlion Park is a major tourist attraction in Singapore.  It is also the landmark and symbol of the country.  There are two structures in the park.  The original and the cub.
Merlion Park is located at One Fulleton, Singapore.





The merlion cub measures 2 meters tall.



View of the Esplanade -Theatres on the bay and the Finance district from the Merlion Park


Merlion, the iconic statue, half fish and  half lion, resides at the Waterfrount Merlion Park.
The original Merlion, 8.6 meters tall  as seen on the photo, spouts water from its mouth.  It is facing East overlooking the Marina Bay, direction that could bring prosperity as per Feng Shui.


Nearest MRT stations to Merlion Park:

Raffles Place (North South/Red Line)
Raffles Place (East West/Green Line)
Exit H

The photos were taken in 2008 though, we were still tourists in Singapore, the information given are updated.

More so, there is a new bridge, Jubilee bridge, directly connect the Promenade on Esplanade and the Merlion Park.  Esplanade bridge is too narrow for pedestrians,  With the Jubilee bridge, pedestrians could cross the Singapore river with ease of comfort.

The new bridge was opened on 29 March 2015, one month earlier, on the day of the state funeral of the late Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew

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