I spent much of yesterday at Sentosa with a bunch of other exchange students. We were on the beach mostly, and some of us even ventured a little further into the resort area to nab a beach volleyball court and play a quick set. All in all it was a great time, despite not going any further than knee deep in the water. It was warm compared to the Pacific I'm used to, but I didn't feel like swimming for some reason. Meh. Maybe I'll hit the campus pool sometime.
The beach, though, is odd for a few reasons. Apparently most/all of the sand is brought in from Indonesia, and just beyond the marked swimming areas are the tankers. Now, I know that Singapore is a busy port, and having been to Istanbul I know what "busy port" really means, but there's something odd about seeing endless lines of tankers just beyond the tropical beach.
That said, it was still a nice beach. Not the best beach I've been to, and not my favourite beach in the world, but it had everything a good beach has. The amount of beach bars lining the sand also supplied us with some free music while relaxing, though it is sometimes odd to hear so much of the usual Top 40 from back home while beaching it in Singapore. Globalization, eh?
all photos by me, more on Flickr
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