That’s the Merlion in Merlion Park, Singapore. A Singaporean icon, the Merlion is an imaginary creature that is half fish, half lion (not as cool as the Liger). This is the original Merlion, one of only 5 Merlions in Singapore. Two are located in Merlion Park. This is the biggest of them all, weighing 40 tons.

An eager bystander waiting to see what happens next.

He is rewarded with my huge head filling the hole in the Merlion.

A close-up of my humongous head peeking through the Merlion. I was hoping for a better photo – you can’t really see my face. However, by the size of my head, you can clearly tell it’s me.

You had to be there to understand why I really enjoy this photo. The Merlion is huge, and its sort of the centerpiece of the area. Everybody there is looking at the Merlion. Everybody knows you can’t break rules in Singapore, there are signs everywhere. Everybody knows about caning in Singapore.

Eunmi told me she didn’t want to involve herself in any illegal activity like taking a picture of me with my head peeking through the statue. I finally convinced her that I’m going to jump up on the statue and if I get arrested and sentenced to getting caned, she can continue on the trip without me. She finally unwillingly agreed.

People love getting their picture taken with the Merlion. I like the woman posing on the far right side of the photo above.

That’s the little sibling of the big Merlion, here at Merlion Park.