Older Cruiseboysians will recall I visited Singapore last year at the end of my Asian Grand Voyage. Today I am returning to the “Gardens by the Bay“, but this time we’re going inside.
We first walked thru the Supertrees. They are vertical gardens, with the tallest being 50 meters. Here’s the view walking from the bus to the tickets. At night the “empty” branches are neon-lit.
I’m going to jump ahead chronologically and show you the Supertrees from the side, viewed from the greenhouses.
We started with the Flower Dome. As it is cherry blossom season in northern Asia, there is what I can only call a “Sakura Neighborhood.” The entire center ground floor is staged as a mini-Japan from 15-Mar to 15-Apr. That’s right, they did all this work for a temporary exhibit.
Technically, the “fish flags” (or Koinobori) are used for Children’s Day in Japan (5-May), but why be picky?
The exhibit ended with an Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) station.
Now to the rest of the Flower Dome. They have many lovely flowers, but did not supply many signs…
One section was dedicated to Winnie the Pooh for some reason.
I had time before our scheduled departure to visit the second greenhouse, called Cloud Forest, which moves from a temperate climate to rain forest. However, it seems they have a tie-in with the Jurassic World movie property and installed dinosaurs. Because of course they did.
For the T-Rex they went all out – animations and scary sounds.
They finished with an homage to science and genetics. Here is a new-born “nursery.”
We finished our tour be visiting the 200 meter high observation deck of the Marina Bay Sands hotel complex. Great view, but darn it was hot and humid.
Here are the two greenhouses I just visited.
Here’s a view of the rest of the park and the Supertrees. Remember, all of this is reclaimed land. Also, note the ship traffic.
