Singapore! Final leg. Week 8 of our mammoth journey. Only 4 more days and we'll be home on Aussie, golden soil, where there's wealth to toil. A land that is girt by sea. I like to use the word 'girt' in a sentence whenever possible.
So, welcome to Singapore..... aka The Little Red Dot. The home of the Merlion and the Singapore Sling. The City that gives out the most fines from jaywalking to possessing chewing gum to not flushing a public toilet to smoking in a public place. As a result, Singapore is extremely clean and has a very low crime rate - maybe some other cities should take a leaf out of The Little Red Dot's book!
It is also the home of some of the beset gastronomical establishments in the world. That's a big call, I know - but I mean, it's all about the dumplings people.... think about the dumplings!
And there is some of the biggest (and creepiest) seafood I've ever seen.....
In our search for "What's on in Singapore" - I came across an advertisement for a photographic exhibition by Annie Leibovitz
at the Art and Science Museum.
I love portrait photographers and she's one of the big ones. It was so interesting to see her life's work from her early days at Rolling Stone, to shooting covers for Vanity Fair and Vogue as well as her photojournalistic work in Sarajevo during the war in the 90s.
For this exhibition she also included many photos from her own personal life which added a nice, human touch to her work.
Next stop for us was to the Gardens By The Bay. The last time Jenny and I were in Singas they were still building these gardens and Jenny has been itching to get back here ever since.
These trees are on the walkway from the Marina Sands Hotel to the gardens.... they looked a little droopy and Jenny said, "Look, hands up who likes me?"
Hilarious and an arbory tribute to the late Rik Mayall. R.I.P.
The gardens are amazing, which is what you would expect from the Singaporeans.
This is the view from the bridge that shows you two cool, domed conservatories which house the cloud forest and the flower dome. Seeing as it was about 57℃ with 98% humidity today, that was our first port of call!
The Cloud Forest has a waterfall
which some people were enjoying more than others.....
Lots of cool flowers and plants
and a great view back to the Marina Sands Hotel, with it's crazy surfboard platform bit at the top that has an infinity pool!
and over to the Supertree Grove which are the trees that light up at night.
Then, cause we're not silly, we went straight out of one air-conditioned dome and into the next to look at some more flowers..... but I think these were prettiest ones that we could find....
So it seems that we came all the way to Singapore, via Europe to see Australian plants!
But look how lovely they are.....
These are the colourful Persian gardens
A fantastic use of tiled mosaic plates and fruit!
There were heaps of kids there getting really involved in the garden and the flowers. Lots were drawing what they saw and others were taking photos and finding out facts about the plants. It was cool!
And airconditioned! We'll be going back to do the rest in the evening, once it's cooled down and we can also see the light show - win! win!
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