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19-MAY-2006 dominic

19-05-06 the merlion

Friday night!

After a long week it was finally Friday. We went to the pub after work with a bunch of the people
in the office, before taking a walk from our hotel down to the merlion. It's a half lion, half
fish statue.

Singapore in Sanskrit is called "Singapura", it's to do with a translated story where upon coming
onto the island a Sumatran prince saw a lion. The fusion of the Merlion is to celebrate the
city's links with the sea.

Still playing catch-up, so if you're interested there are a number of other postings prior to this
in my PAD gallery.

click here to see the other shots from my trip


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joshishots12-Jun-2006 04:17
nice capture of the merlion - half lion half mermaid. My husband always says they should have swithed the name around and called in the Limade.
Jim Ross01-Jun-2006 17:49
Lovely...Looks like a nice place...
Zak30-May-2006 19:05
I like this one!
Anna Yu30-May-2006 03:29
Hope you had a good time there Dom. Did you visit Raffles?
Chris29-May-2006 19:58
Beautiful low light, Dom.
jude29-May-2006 12:41
lights everywhere.. best part to me is the reflection of them on the night clouds.
Eckhart Derschmidt29-May-2006 12:34
Dramatic night shot! Very impressive
Guest 29-May-2006 07:56
challenging exposure.