{"id":9236,"date":"2017-08-07T22:54:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T22:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=9236"},"modified":"2017-12-05T09:24:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T09:24:14","slug":"marina-barrage-singapore-new-lifestyle-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/marina-barrage-singapore-new-lifestyle-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Marina Barrage – Singapore New lifestyle attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming to Marina Barrage in the evening is the best timing as the weather get cooler. \u00a0It was a perfect timing when I reached here. \u00a0The first thing that caught my attention was the flying kites. \u00a0I guess it is one of the best place in Singapore to do kites-flying activities.<\/p>\n

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Marina Barrage\u2019s wide open space should be the most suitable location for flying kites in Singapore. It happened to be the eighth annual kite flying festival when I was there on Sunday 30 July. The kite flying festival was organised by national water PUB and the Singapore Kite Association.<\/p>\n

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When you look up, you would see many type of kites, the easy to fly are kites with diamond shapes & delta shapes, more complicated design would be giant centipedes or long dragon.<\/p>\n

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This part of the water is the open sea which has darker blue water.<\/p>\n

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Marina Barrage is a water dam in Singapore built in 2008, it was Singapore’s 15th reservoir. The purpose is to helps to store water, flood control and on top of that a new lifestyle attraction to Singaporean.<\/p>\n

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Marina Barrage also acts as a tidal barrier to keep seawater out, the one you saw here are all seawater.<\/p>\n

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A divider separate the sea water and the fresh water from the reservoir on the left.<\/p>\n

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Water is always been a precious resource to Singapore. \u00a0Singaporean has to find way to self-sufficient and to capture every drop of rain that fell on the island. \u00a0So we have Singapore 15th reservoirs – Marina Barrage!<\/p>\n

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Enjoying a sunset view – seeing the skyline of Singapore, including Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay Sand Hotel,\u00a0Esplanade Singapore & Garden by the Bay.<\/p>\n

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Singapore Skyline<\/strong><\/p>\n

This part of the water is the reservoir water,\u00a0an ideal place for water activities such as kayaking, dragon boat, rowing and sailing.<\/p>\n

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Great outdoor for Cyclists and Runners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Runners and cyclists would love this place as it has a very good pathway to walk or cycle. \u00a0And the bridge is very spacious!<\/p>\n

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PUB – Marina Barrage Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Green Roof of Marina Barrage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t forget to go rooftop of PUB – Marina Barrage building which offer a panoramic view of Singapore city Skyline and open sea. \u00a0There is a lift to bring you up to the rooftop, or you can also walk all the steps up.<\/p>\n

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You will be surprised the green roof is so huge that has the size of four football fields. Many were having parties, picnics, bringing their children, grandparents, dogs here to enjoy a great Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

View from the 2nd floor of Marina Barrage Green Roof with an overall view of the bridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the below picture, you will notice the color of the water look very different from both side. \u00a0I am sure you are able to see the difference now and are able to spot which one is seawater and which is reservoir water.<\/p>\n

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Other side of the view from Green roof – some fountains. \u00a0The fountains has some flashing lights at night. \u00a0It is very pretty when the night turn dark, you would see the night view of Singapore skyline!<\/p>\n

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Burpee Workout at Marina Barrack – Fitness tips<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saw a happy group of people were doing burpee workout.\u00a0Burpee are great for you but can be very explosive, which is good for you \ud83d\ude42 . In every rep, you will work your upper and lower body, literally is a whole body workout. \u00a0The benefits of doing burpee is you can do it anywhere, without an equipment, in your hotel room, beach or outdoor park. \u00a0It helps burn fats and lift up your mood. I usually incorporated Burpee into my weight training sessions as I wanted to have my heart rate up when I am lifting. \u00a0It is also called the King of all exercise – Burpee!<\/p>\n

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How to get here ?<\/strong><\/p>\n