One Degree 15 Marina
Sentosa Island, Singapore
Hi Everyone,
Yesterday morning Randal and I biked around Sentosa Cove. But we decided the path was better for walking than biking so this morning went out to walk around the very upscale area along the water’s edge with views of the Singapore skyline and the working harbor area. I’d love a tour of one of the homes. Lots of new homes and condos being built. Maybe we could pretend to be buyers! But probably not.
There is a lovely flat paved path but it’s too narrow, winding , and short for biking at a speed where you actually get exercise.
Walking path with the homes on the left side and the water’s edge the right.
One of the homes we passed along the way. They all seem to have lap lanes and wonderful views of the water. The path goes right by, not very far at all from the end of the pool so there isn’t so much privacy if people were sitting outside or even inside with the blinds open. Each home does have a small fence to delineate a boundary.
Another home that we passed. Lots of glass and stone and concrete and light.
Lots of yards had clear glass fences like this one with the sun reflecting the view of the water and the walking path. The decorations were for Chinese New Year. There was almost always a pool behind the fence.
There were incredibly beautiful homes along here and this was their view. The skyline is visible behind the cranes and cargo ships.
One Degree Fifteen Marina with the `city skyline behind. The marina is located 1 degree 15 minutes north of the equator.
Last night we had lots of visitors on the boat who had emailed us asking for a tour. The Diesel Duck is still pretty unique in the cruising world and Randal still loves bragging about how wonderful they are. After the multiple tours which actually lasted a few hours and during which we met new people, we were invited to join them at a small party at the end of the dock hosted by the sailboat “Charisma.” As I type Randal is giving an impromptu tour to a German man living in Singapore with an aviation related computer business; his programmers are mostly in Jakarta where he says there are aviation industry people willing to learn computer programming. The world is definitely smaller here. Several of the people we met last night have work that takes them all over Asia and the Middle East.
Yesterday we also took the bus to Vivo City Mall to see what else was there besides the Giant Supermarket. Lots of upscale stores where I will try to find a new bathing suit eventually. We ate lunch, visited PageOne book store where I bought a watercolor instructional video, bought a few things at the Cold Storage fresh foods supermarket and then took a taxi back to the marina. We still haven’t quite figured out where to catch the $1 bus or the free One 15 bus back from the mall. We’ll learn. Tomorrow we’ll go into the city to for boat projects and just to explore. At some point we’ll start in on the museums and bird park, but for now it’s just wander around the different areas of Singapore and enjoy big city life.
Ruth Johnson
DoraMac