Gardens by the bay

Last year when I just graduated and had pretty much nothing to do, I decided to blog. Much to my surprise, I got a job 3 months after graduating and has since been in a roller coaster ride and therefore, the rare post.

Anyway, my sister came 2 weeks ago (and yeah this too is a long overdue post) and I thought "just about time to do touristy stuff". That and the fact that I have just invested in a DSLR. bought a CANON 60D 18-135mm f3.5/5.6 (more on this later).

Gardens by the bay is the latest addition to Singapore tourist attraction. Having living in Singapore for a year, it is such a shame I have only discovered this little gem recently. Without my bf around (i.e. no one to drive me around), I had to take the public transport. Luckily this place is reachable with the MRT, take the circle line at stop at the Bayfront. The signs are very prominent and it would lead you there easily.

at the dragonfly bridge

The first thing that you would notice when you arrive is the dragonfly bridge, where you can take a picture of that funny looking thing at the back of me.

The gardens itself is divided into 2 domes and 1 public area. It's free to roam around the gardens but you do need to pay to get to the domes. My sister and I took some pictures at the public gardens. They divided the gardens based on the different races in Singapore, i.e. Chinese Garden, Indian Garden, and Malay Garden. Yet another proof that this country respects the different races. We didn't really roam around in the outdoor garden because:
1. It's too hot
2. We were thirsty and we went to the gift shop where we found the booth to the domes and got to the domes straight away.

As said, GBTB has 2 domes, i.e. flower domes and cloud domes?
Here is the view when you just entered the dome. To my delight, the whole place is air-con! WOOHOO

Entrance to Flower Dome

It's very pretty, isn't it? I was pretty surprised too. The last time I was here was because I had my birthday dinner over at pollen but it was too dark to see anything. Hence, it doesn't count as a visit.

The dome roams with lots and lots of tourist from different part of the world but it was still very spacious if you want to take pictures. I actually spent a good 3 hours inside the dome taking pictures of pretty much everything. They have flowers from different part of the world, such as: Australia, Mediterranean, Netherland, and ofc, Singapore.

From the flower dome, we head to the other dome. A word of advice is to keep your camera in your pocket prior to entering. why? Because you would be welcomed by a gigantic waterfall. Pretty but splashy. (also the reason why I didn't take any pic, my new baby is so precious). I did managed to snap some picture when it get less wet as we moved on to the inner part of this place.

 

 

 We managed to take some snapshot after we exit the place. There is a beautiful lawn just before exiting the place where you can take some picture. (As you can see, my sister was having lotsa fun)

 For more information about Gardens by the bay, visit:
http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg