Mike - Post #6 - Riding the Cable Cars

Riding the Cable Cars

Every day when I am driving back from work, I see these cable cars riding over the highway.  Of all the “Touristy” things I plan on doing – this would have to be one of the first ones.

So I enter the cable car and away I go!!!...

The first part of the cable ride will take me back to Sentosa Island, because this is where the resort is.  (Funny thing, I live on Sentosa Island,  so what better way to learn what’s out there!)

If I look out the left side of the car, I get to see this large ship dock, where thousands of cargo containers are waiting to be put on ships and sent to different parts of the world.  It’s just not exactly as “scenic” as what I see on the right side of the car.

Even though the resort is open, there is still a lot of construction activity taking place.  I guess everyone wants to get a piece of the hot action

I couldn’t help but notice one of the hotels being built and thought I recognized the logo. 

Looks like Hard Rock Café is expanding.

The second half of the trip takes me back across the river and off I go to Mount Fabier.  Wow!  Is that some of those “horse-less carriages” down there?  I’ve never seen those before!  If it wasn’t for this cable car, I would never have been able to see one of those!

But what about the guy who lives under the cable car?  Day after day, hour after hour, every two minutes, another cable car goes by.  I wonder if that was a major selling point when the realtor was showing the house.

Then it is back to the starting point – Vivo City.  A huge mall where a person can buy Armani, Prada and a lot more names I wouldn’t even recognize.  And right next door…. The ship docks.  I don’t think we would ever get to see something like this in the U.S, where the rough and tough is right next to the prim and proper. 

And right before the cable car finishes the circuit, I notice the name of the building.  Laugh!!  Esso Mobil.