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Sentosa Island131 viewsPhoto of the cable car harbour building also taken from Mount Faber
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Sentosa Island124 viewsI took this during the cable car crossing while still over the main land, apparently its 80m up, not for the faint hearted
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Sentosa Island139 viewsThe giant Merlion
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Sentosa Island144 viewsView looking out from the jaws of the Merlion, the area with all the cranes is Pulau Brani and it’s not mentioned in any of the tourist literature
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Sentosa Island152 viewsPhoto taken in the herb garden next to the musical fountain, I included this because of the amusing notice which reads, “Our plants and fruit may look tempting but please do not pluck or we will have to charge you $50 per fruit / plant or hand you over to the policeâ€.
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Sentosa Island147 viewsPhoto of the musical fountain, where stress reliving music was played over a loud speaker system
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Sentosa Island146 viewsThis photo of the cable car system and harbour area was taken from the top of the Carlsberg tower, 280m up.
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Sentosa Island140 viewsPhoto looking down on the Merlion was also taken from the Carlsberg tower.
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Sentosa Island124 viewsPhoto of the Carlsberg Tower. The car rides up and down the pillar rotating slowly around until it reaches the top, 280m up.
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China Town Museum139 viewsThe building in the centre, (China Town) with the blue doors was a former opium den and is in Pagoda Street
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Smith Street, China Town128 viewsThis shop in Smith Street, China Town sold mainly paper goods, e.g. hell bank notes for burning to the hungry ghosts. The locals clearly move with the times, just above the archway you can see a laptop!
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China Town Museum144 viewsThis is Sago Street, where the notorious death houses used to be, a whole row which was opposite these were pulled down just six month prior to this photo being taken, now there are only two of the former houses left, the shop house on the right with the revamped frontage and the building next to it with the original light blue shutters
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