wonderment

6 days to Melbourne!!! Goodness … I can’t believe that this time next week I’ll be groggily groping around a new country, a new place, new room, new IP address, new ….

Anyway, to celebrate the final countdown yesterday … hahah, yah like real, Val and I headed off to … SENTOSA!

Sentosa Luge

Val had a two-for-one package coupon deal and when we finally found it on the other end of Tanjong beach, it was a sight you only get to see on the snowy heights of the Alps.

The Luge is really this hillside racing circuit where one to two riders get onto a sled at the top and race all the way down to the bottom of the hill. Now, to get up the hill, you had to get onto this chair lift thing to bring you up - the trip up is included in your ticket.

I’m not really acrophobic so the chairlift didn’t look all that scary to me and the first part wasn’t ‘cos the drop down was still a manageable 3 stories at the most.

But after we passed the first support beam we were hoisted higher than I’d ever been before in a seat that was swinging precariously in the wind! When I decided to look down, a chill ran through the bottom of my feet and suddenly my body went totally jellified. Higher and higher we went until we were sailing past tree tops and people on the Rasa Sentosa beach looked like this “i” here in this sentence.

After that I gripped the seat and refused to let go until my feet touched the ground of the landing pad. For the acrophobic, this is one experience that will either cure you or make you curse and swear about why you did such a silly thing.

The first time we came down the hill we were very careful about not bumping into anyone and so we went like a snail, braking at every possible moment. So that trip wasn’t particularly memorable.

However, the second time we went up the chairlift, Val and I were so used to it that we could take funny pictures for the camera and when when we went down the hill on the luge, we were a couple of speed demons, sweeping curbs and zooming past the first timers.

Woo hoo!

People normally take the trip up on the chairlift but you could choose to take it back down too. It costs $3 per trip.

This activity is not only for the young and courageous, we spotted a couple of ah peks trying to go down this gravity ride. I wonder how they felt when they got to the bottom.

Someone zipping down the hill on the luge.

Second time round, Val and I were so confident we could make faces at the camera hoisted on the support beam.

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After going on the Luge, we headed to the beach to do what we were there for - getting a tan!! In the end there were just too many people there but we caught sight of something else ….

Kayaking!

Yep, so we kayaked around and talked in the middle of the lagoon on our kayaks ala Survivor when they want to form alliances? Hahaha, but me and Val? We’re an alliance made in heaven!

Sentosa on Day 2 of Chinese New Year was quite busy but for 2 girls going in for some fun, we did manage to get our fair share. In the end we had to walk out of Sentosa to get back to Harbourfront in time for our various dinner activities but it was great way to end the CNY hols.