Fort Siloso

On 20 April  2012, our next stop after Maritime Experiential Museum was to head to Fort Siloso. I have to admit that is my first time there, though we have read so much of the history during my school days. We had to take the Sentosa bus at coach bay area to get the place. Fort Siloso was next to the Underwater world. Entrance fee to the Fort was $8 per person. At the ticketing booth, the person asked us whether we were tourists. I was tempted to say I was from Japan and Kendrick from Indonesia.Usually whenever I travel to European countries, I am always mistaken to be a Japanese. Hmm, I wonder why :)

We boarded the tram which alighted us at Fort Siloso Square. There were 3 zones - the yellow, red and blue zone. We started off at the Yellow Zone where we experienced a solder's life at the fort. There were life-size vignettes that capture the sights and sounds of soldering - from the cramped quarters of a troop ship to the amenities at the Fort. We also explored the underground complex at Tunnel C.

 Gun Display

 The authentic big guns at Fort Siloso

 Preparing the meals for the soldiers

 A Soldier's Life

Indeed we stepped back in time to experience the remnants of the 1880's army life as we explored the barrack room, cook house, laundry room and the tailor's room at Quarter Master.

 The blue zone was under renovation, hence we did not explore that area. Instead we headed to the red zone. There we saw the what happened during WWII including the Surrender Chambers, exhibits on Fall of Singapore, Voices of Singapore and many more

 This has to be the highlight for Pat :)

 The British Surrender on 15 Feb 1942

 The Japanese Surrender in 1945

 Soaking in the view

We spent around 1.5 hour at Fort Siloso and time to depart. Amazingly the timing was perfect, the bus, trams arrived at our doorstep. Yes, we had to reach Vivo city at 5.30pm and indeed we did. As we had to travel to Houggang to attend Friday Growth at CSC. It was a blessed and fun filled day.