Saturday, June 12, 2010

Raffles Marina..finally all geared up

Went to Raffles Marina, all thanks for Fionis who offered to drive while on Garden leave...Bock joined us for this outing as well...

It was a private yatch club and with the word private, we were chased and monitored like mad by the security. "No taking Photos....Cannot point there....are you a member....got ask permission???"
Kind of irritating...but by sun set, the situation changed after chatting with one of the security guard...It must be due to my charisma...

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Weather was so humid
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We were lucky to see the Galeón Andalucia which is an exact replica of a seventeenth-century Spanish Galleon of six decks which formed the fleets that, for more than two and a half centuries, crossed the Atlantic Ocean (“La Carrera de Indias”), and linked New Spain (Mexico) with Manila across the Pacific Ocean (“El Galeón de Manila”), every year.

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The crew was busy as they are leaving the port...
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this should be the only lady crew on board the ship
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The photographer on the ship...caught him sniping a few of my pictures...
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The ship started leaving under the beautiful sun set...
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Leaving behind the empty port with the sunset...
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Took one last shot of this light house...
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