Coming in at around one-fifth the size of Central Park in New York, THE SINGAPORE BOTANICAL GARDENS is the only botanic garden in the world that opens from 5 am to 12 midnight every single day of the year, and does not charge an admission fee (except for the National Orchid Garden portion of the park). Opened in 1859, the linear distance between the Northern and Southern end of the Gardens is around 2.5 km. It is home to 1,000 species and 2,000 hybrids of orchids, a six hectares large Tropical Rainforest, the Ginger Garden, the Botany Centre and three lakes. Considered one of the major attractions of Singapore, Michelle and I decided to walk the gardens and take some snaps.
It is a beautiful place, much like a tropical Stanley Park filled to the brim with exotic plants, lots of families and even our first look at a Singapore Spider (weird looking thing) but the thing that hit us the most was the heat. Man, was it hot, even for Singaporeans it was hot as everyone in the park was sweating. We only lasted three hours there but we still managed to snap a few pics which you can see HERE. Maybe in the fall we will go back when it cools down a bit... wait a minute... there's no such thing as "fall" here and it NEVER cools down. Oh well...
Next up? The Night Safari!
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