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A few other sights around Marina Bay. This is a floating soccer pitch.
A cool double helix bridge with the Ritz Carlton Millenia Hotel in the background.
A cool honeycomb building.
More cool buildings in downtown Singapore.
At the memorial to the civilian victims of the Japanese occupation 1942-1945.
The monument is a reminder of what happened here.
Around the inner Marina Bay.
Walking across the double helix bridge.
I headed over to the cloud forest and flower dome to check out the sights.
This amazing glass greenhouse is cooled down from the outside and supports an entire cloud forest!
Looking up at the upper walkways.
Even though this is a cloud forest, it’s also full of flowers!
Pitcher plants!
On the upper cloud deck.
Behind the waterfall.
Looking through the glass at the Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore Hotel.
Inside the cloud forest mountain.
Time for some mist in the cloud forest!
Down in the almost subterranean area.
Over in the Flower Dome where a bunch of biomes live in one place.
There are a lot of really neat plants in the Flower Dome.
A big American cactus in the middle of all of this.
Looking down at all the flowers.
The Dutch tulip festival was on while I wandered through.
Lots of beautiful tulips!
I took a little walkabout around the Marina Bay area of Singapore in the evening.
There were a few construction projects going on along my path.
Lots of ships just offshore.
The distinctive Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore Hotel with a swimming pool on top.
The Singapore Flyer, a beautiful Ferris Wheel in Singapore.
The Singapore Stadium with its roof open.
A beautiful lily pad pond in one of the gardens.
A big bird statue in the gardens.
Along the Marina Barrage. Very beautiful.
Be mindful of the otters crossing!
One of the many footbridges around Marina Bay.
A pretty park. One of the few places where there weren’t folks out picnicking in this park.
Garbage cleanup in one part of the bay. They’re working on getting the water quality up.