Santosa island.

Me on the right, treading for joy.
The salt water made it really easy to float, but tasted like hell.

As one might expect from an island nation, beaches are plentiful in Singapore and the most popular beach of them all is Sentosa island---you could say its a 'MiniMe' version of Singapore. One has to take a tram to the island, whereupon you get off the train and you literally step onto the beach. As I (like most of you reading this blog) have never swam in the waters of southeast asia, I didnt quite know what to expect. The waters were really warm, a little too warm though, as I wanted to jump in and cool off from the hot weather, but it was refreshing anyway. I met up with an expatriate group to form some instant friends (just add water) and we had a pretty good time, since none of us had any significant others to celebrate with on Valentines Day :( . We swam out to the little island in back of us--the sand had a very peculiar feel. Everytime you stepped down, one sank about calf deep--so the initial impression was that of quicksand. I thought I would be smart so I stepped out an SOS just in case.

Sautee'd frog legs any one?
They are quite tasty.

Above is a plate of freshly grilled frog legs with some vegetables for color. The meat was pretty tasty but the bones are really tiny and easy to miss. You learn just to chew them and swallow. Same for shrimp shells--its too much work to get them off and after awhile you start to like them. Some of the unusual food (to me anyway) I have seen over here in the fast food restaurants is pig liver, pig kidney, pig feet, (nothing is wasted here), fish head soup, deep fried chicken feet (REALLY popular), sea cucumber, tripe (guts), and grilled, pickled eggs (all sorts of birds, but duck is popular).

Me in the pink garden with the green backpack.
I am a fusion of color, race, and style. Sandals are a must.