Singapore : Merlion Park

a trip to Singapore without greeting & saying hello to Merlion (mermaid with lion head)  is just incomplete, so i cant bear to bid farewell to Singapore without meeting merlion. My partners were still tired from our USS adventure, so they were quite reluctant to go, but being me,  i told them that by hook or by crook, i' m going  to Merlion Park.. because i insist on going alone, they decided to follow my plan.. we left our 'hotel' at 10am after breakfast. The CIQ was okay, no long queue & this was a smooth  journey, so we arrived quite early. met an uncle from Woodlands & an auntie with her grandaughter who recommended us to visit Merlion Park & Mustaffa Centre. that kind uncle waited for us  to show the right bus before we parted our ways. He went to JB just to go to 'pasar' actually, telling us that with Singapore currency, he bought tonnes of daily necessities at cheaper prices.. Ahh, talking about saving cost...

Our MRT ride took times since we have to change train(red line, yellow line, yada yada)... it was public holiday in Singapore & the locals occupied the MRT! once arrived at Raffles place, we walked along the riverside & encountered an ice cream stall, so we bought the ice cream at SGD 1.20  each. price actually differ by location, the one across the bridge cost us SGD 1 & the one at Esplanade park cost SGD 1.50. Can choose the durian-durian flavour, sweet corn, read beans & so on, it was basically 'ais krim potong' tucked inside bread & unlike Malaysia, the ice cream portion was big! 1 on my way to Merlion Park & 1 on my way back made me full!

since there were no signboard, we walked further, passed by human statues until we reached a junction. Seeing the Esplanade @ the famous durian building, we headed towards Esplanade. The hotel that we see earlier looks stunning with its 'sampan' connector. Got a clear picture of the buildings at that road.  Then we walked downstairs to Esplanade Park &  Merlion Park.  on the road, the Merlion Park was hidden from our sight, so we were lucky to arrive at Merlion Park, a place where 2 merlion located, one with waters coming from its mouth. It was a calm park, although there were lots of visitors,  i feel at peace there. the breeze was soothing & the view from the park was great.