I walked to Merlion Park in Singapore to tick off some more famous sights of South East Asia. I was drowned by damn rain. I have a very funny photo of my natural reaction to being wet yet again. So far the weather gods have not been kind to me. The Merlion (Mermaid Lion) is the Singaporean national symbol. It comes from the idea that an Indian prince named Singapore ‘Singa pura’ (lion island) after mistaking some other animal he saw in the jungle for a lion. I figure the mermaid bit comes from the fact that it always bloody rains in this part of the world and even wild cats have to grow fins!!! I’m not bitter, honest.
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Merlion, Symbol of Singapore
I walked to Merlion Park in Singapore to tick off some more famous sights of South East Asia. I was drowned by damn rain. I have a very funny photo of my natural reaction to being wet yet again. So far the weather gods have not been kind to me. The Merlion (Mermaid Lion) is the Singaporean national symbol. It comes from the idea that an Indian prince named Singapore ‘Singa pura’ (lion island) after mistaking some other animal he saw in the jungle for a lion. I figure the mermaid bit comes from the fact that it always bloody rains in this part of the world and even wild cats have to grow fins!!! I’m not bitter, honest.
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