Duck Tour

We board the DUCKtour at Suntec City. Although there is a guide onboard with us, we were given earpiece to listen to the tour in different languages.

The vehicle stop-by the Singapore Flyer to pick up more passenger.

Passing by the Gardens by the Bay.

We cruised under the Benjamin Shears Bridge.

Then, we passed under the Helix Bridge.

ArtScience Museum (foreground) and the Central Business District (background).

View of the Central Business District.

In front of Marina Bay Sands.

The Marina Bay area.

Our iconic Merlion statue standing on the left of the picture.

The Esplanade houses several theaters for the performing arts.

Melaka River Cruise

The Melaka River Cruise took us along the Malacca River that runs across the Malacca town. We came here after dinner and this was our last stop of the day.

Wooden water wheel

Walking along the river to the ticket counter

Casa del Rio luxurious hotel

Our boat is cruising off.

Building walls painted with art

Rainbow lights under a bridge

An amusement park by the river

Another building with wall art paintings

Lake Lucerne Boat Cruise

Our boat for the lake cruise


Leaving the pier


View of Lucerne City from the boat


Mother swan and her babies



Some parts of the lake has shallow water





An angler

Lake Maggiore & Isola Bella

Lake Maggiore is located at the borders of Italy and Switzerland.


We set off from the shore of Switzerland.




Lonely swan in the water


Arriving at Isola Bella



The gardens



White peacock


White peacock with spread out its feathers.


Back of a white peacock


A huge wall of red and pink roses



Leaving Isola Bella

Boston Whale Watching

We're back in Boston for the second time this year! Our objective for this trip is whale-watching, which can only be done during summer because it'll be too cold to sail out to the open sea in the other seasons. We boarded Boston Harbor Cruise at Long Wharf and off we go to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.




As we depart from the wharf, most visitors are standing eagerly by the sides of the boat with their cameras on standby.





However, it takes some time to travel out into the open sea, where we can no longer see any land at all. The first whale is only sighted one hour after our departure.



The moment the guide announces that the whale is on the left of the boat, everyone rushes to the left, causing the boat to rock from side to side. Soon, we realize that we can just park ourselves at either sides, when other whales start emerging out of the water.






Whales are differentiated one from another by the marking on the underside of their tail. All of them in this marine sanctuary has a name. I was disappointed that we didn't see any whale jumping out of the water, like the photo on the poster at the ticket counter.



A seal came to say "hello" too!