Singapore Photo Gallery
Coming into Singapore early morning.
Brian and Gwen with the dragons at Singapore.
The very clean and mostly empty subway of Singapore that was near the cruise port.
Walking through Gardens by the Bay.
These structures are called Supertrees and light up at night.
We're at The Falls in the Cloud Forest Garden.
A monkey sculpture made from natural products.
We loved the weeping cypress tree.
The orchids were beautiful.
Vibrant azaleas.
A festival of azaleas.
This was a garden that Brian and Doug liked, interesting and cool temperatures.
Medinilla Magnifica.
Rhododendron Balalaika.
Pink Quill.
Brassia arcuigera, Spider Orchid.
Nepenthes Pitcher Plant-a carnivorous plant.
Some Chihuly Glass in this garden.
Gwen getting ready to be attacked by the spider at the gardens.
Margaret and Doug on the top ramp in the Cloud Forest and the misting has begun.
Begonia grandis.
An azalea display. How do they grow azalea poles?
Looking up at the walkways and misting.
Mysore trumpetvine or lady's slipper vine.
Cobaea scandens or cup and saucer vine.
Queen Victoria's Dendrobium.
Carvings in the trees.
Marina Bay Sands Singapore, designed by architect Moshe Safdie, who also designed Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art where I used to work in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Supertree Grove in the Marina Bay Gardens.
Now in the Flower Dome, this is a display called Alice in Aloeland.
More of the Alice in Aloeland.
Fan-shaped matured grafted cactus.
Euphorbia punicea or Jamaican poinsettia
Not sure what this is.
Palo Borracho.
Faucaria Tigrinya or Tiger Jaws
I'm not sure what this tree is, but I found the new branches interesting.
Bronze sculpture called "La Famille de Voyageurs"
They had just changed the display yesterday and the new display was a farm and garden scene.
A windmill on the farm.
Gazelles in the garden.
Leptospermum 'Aphrodite' or Tea Tree 'Aphrodite'
Grevillea.
Hybrid Fuchsia.
Abutilon Pictum or Red Vein Indian Mallow, also called Chinese Lantern Plant.
Hybrid Fuchsia.
Camellia.
Marina Bay Sands Singapore, where we are going to the observation deck.
Inside the Marina Bay Sands.
The view of Singapore from the observation deck.
Gwen and Brian at the top of the Marina Bay Sands Observation Deck.
I tried to go see this statue, the Merlion, but ran out of time. The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore. It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish or mermaid.
Another view with the ArtScience Museum in the foreground.
A view of the ferris wheel and National Stadium.
A view of the Marina Bay Gardens, Flower Dome and Cloud Forest.
Looking down at the Supertree Grove with the Supertree Observatory and Aerial Walkway.
The Marina Bay Sands Singapore rooftop pool, that is exclusive for hotel guests.
The River Merchants, a sculpture depicting the daily routines of merchants and labourers conducting business around the Singapore River in the 19th Century.
The Singapore River.
A photo of the area of Singapore that we explored as we leave this port.