Sentosa Island

This weekend we went to Sentosa Island - finally my tropical paradise! It is very beautiful and we had a wonderful time - I think the best time we have had in years.

We went with friends, Kimberly and Alex. 
 

Kimberly was with us for a while in Tulsa when we did our project up there, but she is from Singapore. She invited us to watch her play volleyball, but she didn't play after we got there :-(

She spent the rest of the entire day making sure we had a wonderful time. She spent her time explaining traditions (I love that I feel free to ask her and she answers), taking us to the fun places and making us laugh.

On the way to Sentosa, we rode a gondola from Singapore. As we came near the island, the Merlion, the symbol of Singapore (half lion / half fish) came into view

We got several shots of it so you could see what it looks like - here is a side view:

and of course one with us in front of it:

We went to see the pink dolphins:

We found where Jeremy got his love of dragons (from his Japan adventure): 

There are dragons everywhere here.

We even went down a luge: 

 
 Oh darn, we didn't get pictures actually coming down - but I promise, even I did it!

We saw sand competitions which we heard were school competitions:

I drank a Tutti Fruiti Drink - yes, it even had rum in it!
 

With a jealous peacock looking on for a treat - he was very patient for over 15 minutes!
 

We saw string competitions:

We saw a beautiful water show:
  

With beautiful women watching over it:
  

And of course it had a beautiful ending:
 

 We finally got to see the real beauty of Singapore:

Thanks for a great day Kimberly and Alex - we had a blast! We are sooo sorry we wore you both out. Next time you should be ready to keep up with the 'old' folks - we think you were not so 'young'!