Thursday, January 25, 2024

20 January 2024 Singapore: A Gardens By the Bay Stroll

 


It was raining a bit, not heavy but enough to need a rain jacket, but that was not going to stop us.  We went out behind the Marina Bay Sands and spent a couple hours in the gardens.  The birds were everywhere and I saw 4 new lifebirds.  We went back to the room, got settled in and then went over tot e hawker center and got dinner.  



The side of this building had an array of 3 inch reflective squares that moved in the wind


Looking along the interior of Marina Bay Sands from the 6th floor


The Super-tree Gove


This is reclaimed land and there is water everywhere


My first lifebird of the day, a zebra dove


A series of gardens are scattered on this island


Plants are doing the work making shade


Ants!


Wooden carvings


Looks like a race of sorts



The Marina Bay Sands in the background


Gillie and Marc are a pair of artists that claim to be the most successful and prolific creators of public art in NYC


A huge line of sculptures 


The row of sculptures goes on and on


This one was named for the baby elephant that the sculpture was modeled after.  She was a cheeky one who loved to play in the muck


A hungry shark


Go go gorilla


Bananas for all


Braving the rain without an umbrella


It is not a garden without spectacular flowers


Second lifebird; White Breasted Waterhen


Dragonfly with a fairy as a passenger


A pink slug?


Third lifebird: Pink Necked Green Pigeon


One big baby!


Lifebird #4 Red Junglefowl


Big trash cat


A set of balls made from hardhats.  It was back to the room to get settled in and then dinner from the hawker market


We were very happy with our view


Singapore never disappoints



It has been 1 year and 230 days since we began our Migration