A real highlight of our trip to Singapore was our visit to their botanical gardens, a wonderful oasis in this busy city and, amazingly, free. The entrance is inviting, and shortly after you come through the gate you are greeted by a lovely waterfall. We headed into the gardens and couldn't help noticing a loud buzzing noise that I finally decided must be cicadas. Their sound was a high, very loud note instead of the rasp we are used to in North Carolina. At first I thought I was hearing something mechanical, and only when it continued all along the path did I realize it was natural and probably some kind of cicada. Wish we had seen them! Meanwhile, the gardens are beautiful and very large. It would take much more time than we had to see everything, so we just chose a highlight or two.
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| Outside the entrance |
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| The entrance building |
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| Lovely waterfall |
Helonica was blooming throughout the garden, and I enjoyed seeing it in different forms and stages.
One feature of the garden is a shell where the symphony performs. What a great setting that would be for a concert!
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The performance shell
In the Ginger Garden |
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| One of the many varieties of ginger |
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| Rainforest pond - very cool |
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| Lovely waterfall |
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| You can walk behind it and take pictures looking out as well as in |
We had to rush a bit and skipped the world famous Orchid Garden, but were nonetheless impressed. If I had it to do over, I would insist on staying longer and seeing the thousands of orchids in their collection, but even without that, the gardens were beautiful and well worth every minute of time you can spend there.
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