Early in the morning, INSIGNIA wove her way through the congested anchorage, passing all types of vessels awaiting a berth at one of the cargo terminals.
INSIGNIA headed into the Harbourfront Cruise Centre, passing the luxury, but rather odd looking condominium complex Reflections at Keppel Bay.
In the same berth at the pier we departed from on ROTTERDAM three years earlier was her sister ship AMSTERDAM preparing to sail on a similar trip.
Although Singapore was our port of disembarkation, we did not have to do so until tomorrow. And since we had been to Singapore before, we decided to goof off. For the heck if it, we took the cable car to Sentosa, a large resort complex directly across the channel from the pier. During the ride, we passed over both INSIGNIA and AMSTERDAM. It was interesting to see their comparative size.
Sentosa was watched over by an oversized replica of Singapore's iconic lion's head Merlion.
Once on terra firma, we generally went where our feet and some intra-island cable cars took us.
From one cable car, we could see part of the anchorage we had come through in the morning. Closer in, we could see some small islands near one of Sentosa's many beaches.
Upon closer examination, we discovered that the islands were completely, and I mean completely, man-made.
This man was clearly having fun. The propellant for the 'jet' pack on his back was actually water fed to it by the sled towed behind him.
We spend a few minutes wandering through an enclosed nature garden.
Eventually we worked our way back to the cable car for the trip back to the Harbourfront Visitor Centre and INSIGNIA.
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