Hooray, today we went early in the morning to the Gardens By The Bay, and had a great little wander around. The best thing about it was that we made the decision right away to not waste time on public transportation and just take a cab there. That was a good choice, because the place is in a strange location and hard to get to!
The park is mostly finished, so it is pretty darn big. It has two big glassed-in domes that have a steep admission, and then also a big circular garden path with theme spots all around it, and in the middle these “super trees” that have a suspension bridge in the middle. Nice. We decided to pay to walk around the theme gardens and pay to go up to the suspension bridge for the view, and save the two pavilions for another visit (maybe in September, when a fish pond will be open in the kids’ park).
There are funky wood carvings at the entrance to the two glass domes (lions, tigers and bears), it’s a cool hangout area. We walked along the waterfront (Marina Bay) where you can see some nice scenery and some pretty cool trees, a nice pond area, an across-the-water view of the super trees, and a bridge back to Marina Bay Sands. The mini parks are pretty nice, with lots of very nice trees in it. None of them are labelled in any way, and there are not any explanation boards yet, so it’s a bit confusing. They have petrified logs lying all over the place, which are pretty cool by themselves. Some parts of the park are under construction, including a surveillance camera that is built into a fake tree. Strange. The suspension bridge was good fun – Zen and I sprinted up the stairs, which was good fun, and at the end we walked down them too (Naoko took the elevator).
At the end of the trip we walked over to the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre side and took a cab to Chinatown, where we ate a great dim sum lunch, and then we took a cab home. Yay. Then some badminton and some swimming and a movie, great day!
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - Naoko doing a Willie Scott pose
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - Seventh Heaven is guarded by a pride of lions
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - dragon boat passing by
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - starfruits in the wild
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - Verboten!!
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - best picture of us so far!
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - from this angle Singapore looks like a giant playground
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - do not enter the CCTV tree area
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - mushroom village
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - Zen and the petrified log
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - great shot of us by Zen
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay
PNZ at Gardens By The Bay - Marina Bay Sands