The Duck Tour started by driving over to the dock near the Singapore Flyer and turning into a boat. We cruised along the Singapore River, where we did most of our sightseeing on the tour. We passed the famous Merlion, which is the symbol of Singapore. The Merlion was so thrilled to see us, he spit water at us as we rode by. We found out that this is the mommy lion. The daddy lion was hanging out on Sentosa Island. More on the daddy in a future blog post.
As we made our way up to the Merlion, we saw a larger number of white balloons floating in the water. The tour guide explained to us that on New Years, they fill the water with balloons (2009 balloons for the upcoming year) with the hopes and dreams of Singapore residents for the coming year. The balloons are on display and residents have a chance to write on them. We actually found a balloon at the Visitor's Center later that day. We wished for world peace and more chocolate. As my aunt pointed out on Facebook, not necessarily in that order.
We then went all amphibious and came back on land. Nothing much of interest except a building shaped like chopsticks. After the duck tour ended, we headed over to Clark Quay to see a magic show. JC Sum and "Magic Babe" Ning are the best known illusionists in the tiny city state of Singapore and we just had to see them! Many of the tricks we had seen before, but they pulled a few pretty cool disappearing and reappearing stunts. And they called on both Daniel and I to be volunteers during the show. This would be even cooler if there weren't 8 people in the audience all together. It was a packed house though.. there are only two rows of seats. I decided after the show I wanted to be called "Magic Babe."
After the show, we walked over to Orchard Street for some dinner and found a delicious Thai restaurant. It was a very long walk though and so I had to stop at the Visitor's Center for this:
Next up.. we depart on our Royal Carribean cruise and check out Kuala Lumpur. Woo!
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