We brought the kids to see the famed statue of the Merlion on our first family trip to Singapore last year and for a few weeks, Eu was informing everyone at home that the Merlion is “part lion and part mermaid”.
For our trip this year, they insist that we visit the Merlion again and we only indulged them because the alternative is shopping and as you know, that is quite POINTLESS!.
So on our last day in Singapore, we took a taxi ride to the Merlion Park and joined the never ending throngs of visitors.
Across the river from where we were at the park, was the Singapore Flyer and because I wasn’t keen on trying it out, I kept mum when my husband casually remarked that he heard it cost an outrageous $200 a ride and was glad when he didn’t pursue the subject.
Now that I’m safely home, I could find out more on the Singapore Flyer and of course, it’s nowhere that expensive. But I’m still not going for a ride in it.
It was a short trip at the Merlion for us that day. The weather was hazy and after a few shots, we decided to go look for the nearest air-conditioned area and that was the Esplanade.
At the start of a bridge which led to the Esplanade, we saw this vendor selling these strange ice cream on wafer biscuits.
At the end of the bridge, we found another vendor selling the same thing and you can imagine how happy Eu and Qi were when their father got one for us to snack on before we went inside the Esplanade for a while.
That was our visit to the Merlion for this trip.
Eu and Qi were still fascinated by part-lion-part-mermaid statue and until today, Qi will perform her Merlion trick whenever I brush her teeth.
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