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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge 191 - POSTCARDS FROM HOME >> Challenge 191 - Eligible > 8th Place - Welcome to the City of Lion - by kyagudin
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01-AUG-2009 K9

8th Place - Welcome to the City of Lion - by kyagudin

I think I should present the most photographed Singapore's icon in Postacard Challenge

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ctfchallenge08-Aug-2009 15:15
Jano, Techo, Sue Anne, Doug - great thanks for your comments. Sue Anne - you would not recognize the city again. Before I moved to Singapore, I have been visiting it for business for week or two every year. And every time I saw changes. Incredibly fast developing city. Doug - you are right, far right you can see a small copy of Merlion
K9
ctfchallenge08-Aug-2009 04:32
Great looking lion K9. Is that it's twin I see back there on our far right? -Doug
sue anne06-Aug-2009 04:00
Beautiful and yes I was here in '74 when there wasn't all those high risers like Singapore is today.
ctfchallenge03-Aug-2009 22:51
Nicely captured and thanks for the mini history lesson :)

-Techo
ctfchallenge02-Aug-2009 15:30
Very cool! I, for one, have never seen this before and the history lesson is very educational. Looks like a beautiful city! jano
ctfchallenge01-Aug-2009 12:54
In the 13th-century Malay Annals, Sang Nila Utama, a prince from Palembang was shipwrecked and washed ashore to an island. There he saw a creature which he believed was a lion. So he named the island "Singa Pura" which means "Lion City" in Malay, from which the name Singapore was derived.
The Merlion is a beautiful hybrid of a lion and a fish. Strong and lithe, its lion head alludes to the fabled beast that once roamed the ancient island state, while its fish body symbolizes Singapore's origin as a prosperous seaport.
K9
ctfchallenge01-Aug-2009 12:32
So tell us about the lion. Nice picture.
ctfchallenge01-Aug-2009 11:02
What about posting a photo of Raffles Hotel :)

YB