Singapore!

Our next vacation stop was the island of Singapore, known as the world's fourth leading financial center and it's port is one of the five busiest in the world.  We stayed at the Shangri-La Sentosa Resort which is one of the only beach front locations within Sentosa island and a popular resort.  Our hotel was beautiful as expected with great views of the China Sea and the boats awaiting port side. 

On our first day aside from relaxing poolside, one of our first adventures was the MegaZip ride.  It is located at the top of Mount Imbiah and is one of the longest and steepest zip wires in Asia.  Interestingly it was on the sixteenth season of The Amazing race. 

Lastly we visited the Night Safari which is the world's first nocturnal zoo.  The Night Safari is an entire open-air zoo within a tropical forest that is only open at night.  It is divided into eight geographical zones which we explored on a tram ride.  We witnessed cultural performances after the tram ride such as fire eating and a Creatures of the Night Show.

The next day we started with a visit to the Merlion statue.  This is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot and of Singapore. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village.  The lion head represents Singapore's original name Singapura meaning "lion city".  Following this we went for a luge ride down a long winding path, we all had a blast racing down the hill.  It was a self-steering, gravity-driven three-wheel cart which we sped down a hill over a course of 650m ending at the Siloso Beach.  At the end of the luge, there is the Skyride we took back up to the top enjoying the views of the island along the way.  Next we went on the city’s Cable Car which gave us a bird’s eye view of the city, taking us from Sentosa Island to Mount Faber.  After arriving on the main island of Singapore from our Cable Car ride we took a taxi over to the Singapore Flyer.  This is a giant Ferris wheel that reaches 42 stories high, with a total height of 541 feet making it the tallest ferris wheel in the world, taller than the London Eye!  We chose to ride the Flyer in the evening as it is located near the shore of Singapore's Marina Bay with an amazing view of the city. 

On our last day we took a tour to Legoland which was a highlight for Cooper and Brady!  The park was a two hour bus ride into Malaysia where we then had a great time on rides and looking at the many Lego displays.  The park was not crowded and we even had a complete roller coaster all to ourselves for several rides.  It was a great day for the family and a perfect way to end our vacation.