June 11, 2013 in flowers, inspiring places
Singapore was the most wonderful place to stop over on our way home from Australia. We broke up our return journey with a two day visit to this amazing city. We had heard some reports of it feeling a little sterile, but we found it fascinating and absolutely loved it. They have embraced modern architecture (we felt as if we were part of a science fiction film set at times) and, in contrast, other parts of the city felt like you were immersed in the old mysterious Orient.
Our first stop was the newly opened Gardens by the Bay. The Cloud Forest dome was fantastic with a 90 foot waterfall cascading from the man-made mountain inside, mossy trees nearby and walls filled vertically with an enormous range of tropical plants and flowers. There must have been every type of Orchid in all shapes, sizes and colours. The mists were ‘switched on’ at various times and the whole dome enclosed you in its artificial cloud which my children absolutely loved. The Flower Dome next door was also wonderful.
There were also towering, tree-like sculptural metal structures with plants growing upwards around their trunks. The walkway linking these metal trees allowed great views across the gardens but even these towers, which felt high from the top, were dwarfed by the huge hotel next door – The Marina Bay Sands.
We walked through the Heritage Gardens, over the foot bridge and took the lift to the 58th floor observation deck where the view was out of this world, across the city and out over the bay; tankers in the shipping lanes below us looked like ants and the sheer volume of them was unexpected.
I love the juxtaposition of tropical flowers with modern buildings and Singapore did this so well.
Amazing pictures. Tropical flowers and modern buildings like a great cocktail! 🙂
singapore is such a really nice place
Wow Sania, your travel photos are amazing. I’ve just been scrolling through all the beautiful images – you have such a wonderful eye for design and I love the way you have themed your photographs.
Claire.x
What wonderful pictures Sania! And a great post too.
Nicole
That shot of the orchids in the skydome is really special Sania.
Wow ! This is called the real beauty. Orchids are so beautifully photographed. Sania, You really have done a great job. I would love to visit this place very soon. Thanks for sharing !