I love going across the Esplanade Bridge which links the Esplanade to the CBD. The bus I take to work drives across the bridge every day and I’ll always look out of the window whenever it does. It’s something I never fail to do.
There’s something very soothing to the soul about looking out to a calm body of water. As the bus drives past, the water glistening in the morning sun is a beautiful sight. On rainy mornings, it just makes me wistful looking out of the window. On the left is the prickly Esplanade (the world’s biggest Durian), the Sheares Bridge in the middle and on the right is the Merlion spouting an endless stream of water.
The Merlion btw, is to me, the most overrated tourist attraction and icon of Singapore. I mean, WHAT kind of icon is this??? This half-lion half-fish creature is so ugly. Apparently, the idea is that the lion head represents the fabled beast that supposedly once roamed Singapore and the fish part represents Singapore’s origins as a sea town. I wished they had just stuck with the lion. At least that’s more majestic. I don’t have any affection whatsoever for this creature which seems to have won the hearts of many tourists. Every day, I see so many tourists milling around, waiting to get their shot of the Merlion. All I can say is that the people at the Singapore Tourism Board have done their job.
The Merlion at Sentosa is the ugliest of all. Btw, did you know there are two Merlions at the One Fullerton side? One big one and a miniature one. It’s a baby Merlion! Anyway, the one at Sentosa is humongous and it looks absolutely demonic at night with coloured lights coming out from its eyes.
But I’ve digressed. I just meant to say that I really like going across, whether walking or driving, the Esplanade Bridge.