After Science Center, while waiting for my parents and my big sis to come over to City Link from the museums, we took a stroll in the Esplanade and Marina Bay. After taking a walk in the Esplanade, we went out and walked around the Merlion Park.
Marina Bay is a bay near Central area in the southern part of Singapore, and lies to the east of the Downtown Core. An artificial bay, it was formed when land reclamation created the Marina centre and Marina South areas, which form a body of sheltered waters of what was once open sea. In the reclamation process, Telok Ayer Basin was removed from the map, while the Singapore River's mouth now flows into the bay instead of directly into the sea. A barrage was completed in 2008 to make Marina Bay a reservoir for drinking water.
In contemporary local common usage, however, the term Marina Bay has largely been attached to the developments in the vicinity of Marina Mall in the Marina South reclaimed area, particularly to the eateries found there. Although technically erroneous, this association may have been stemmed from the association of the venue's limited accessibility to the Marina Bay MRT station, which has served as the main means of public transport to Marina South.
It was announced in 2007 that Marina Bay will play host to a Formula One Race. The inaugural Singapore Grand Prix took place on September 28 2008 on a street circuit through Marina Bay. It was the first ever Formula One Grand Prix to be staged at night, with the track fully floodlit.
-Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Bay,_Singapore-
As we walked along the Marina Bay, we enjoyed the view of the concrete jungle in Singapore, the Esplanade, Merlion Park and Singapore Flyer.
The Merlion is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body comes from Singapore's ancient name back when it was a fishing village - Temasek - meaning "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name — Singapura — meaning "lion city" or "kota singa" .The symbol was designed by Mr Fraser Brunner, a member of the Souvenir Committee and curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium, for the logo of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in use from 26 March 1964 to 1997. The Merlion continues to be its trademark symbol since 20 July 1966. Although the STB changed their logo in 1997, the STB Act continues to protect the Merlion symbol. Approval must be received from STB before it can be used. The Merlion appears frequently in STB-approved souvenirs.
-Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlion-
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As we walked under the bridge, we found out that the view was amazing. So, we took some pictures of it. After walking one big round from Esplanade and to Esplanade, we walked to City Link or Raffles Link through the underground tunnel shopping mall to meet up our parents and big sis from the museums.
Enjoy the views and pictures~~
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