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| Marina Bay looks so magical at night with all the colourful lights |
We found out from the
Singapore Visitor Centre next to Orchard Gateway
#iLightSingapore and the
River Hong Bao 2019 Festival so off we went after an afternoon nap to recover from our nature walk during the day. So we took the MRT from Orchard to Raffles Place and with the help of Mr Google Map, we first walked to Lau Pa Sat to have Satay.
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| At Lau Pa Sat entrance |
Our timing was not too bad. We had heard that it starts at 7pm. So we were in time to watch the street transform from a motor vehicle road to a food street within minutes from 7pm sharp.
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| Right on the dot at 7 pm, stalls and tables were set up |
The stalls and tables are pushed into place within minutes.
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| The Satay stalls at Lau Pa Sat |
Within minutes after it was set up, the tables begin to fill up. There's quite a bit of competition among the sellers and you can't just sit anywhere you like. You must sit only on the tables allocated for the particular satay stall you ordered from. Being noobs we just ordered from the first person who approached us. We later read that the best stalls are stall no. 7 & 8. We didn't have a chance to try because we had ordered from stall no 3 & 4. The satay was only just so so and nothing to shout about but the whole experience was quite fun.
It was nice to sit in the cool evening air and watch the day change to night and the buildings light up.
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| Satay at Lau Pa Sat |
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| The buildings lighted up as we ate |
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| Panorama of the satay stalls at Lau Pa Sat |
After dinner, we walked to Marina Bay with the help of Mr Google Map. Everything looked so beautiful and magical with lights everywhere.
Marina Bay Sands looked very grand in the backdrop.
Even the Singapore Merlion was given a makeover with a light show on it while colourful flags line up the
Jubilee Bridge.
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| Marina Bay Sands |
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| Singapore Merlion |
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| Singapore Merlion Light Show |
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| The Jubilee Bridge |
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| Colourful flags light up the jubilee bridge |
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| View of Jubilee Bridge |
Entrance to the River Hong Bao Festival.
Visitors are greeted by a dragon shaped like the number 200. Besides a stage show which are brought to life by 3 gigantic screens to the many visitors of the festival, you can walk around and admire the many lighted lanterns showcasing the history of Singapore. The 12 zodiac animal lanterns were placed all round the festival grounds too. There were so many pretty lanterns, I didn't managed to take pictures of all of them. Below are some of the nice looking lanterns featured at the festival.
The display include a giant God of Fortune lantern with showers of fortune (golden confetti) on at certain times.
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| Red Dragon shaped like the number 200 |
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| Entrance to the River Hong Bao Festival |
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| Modern Singapore Lantern Display |
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| Dragon Lantern |
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| Peacock Lantern |
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| Lucky Cat Lantern |
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| Fish Lantern |
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| Giant God of Fortune Lantern |
The climax is the
fireworks display at 10 pm, so beautiful.
After the fireworks, we went back to the hotel, again with google map leading the way to the nearest MRT station.
The next day was basically packing, checking out and finding our way to the bus for our journey home.
We managed to squeeze in quite a lot of activities for the short time we were there and for those we missed, maybe another time.....
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