Tuesday, June 18, 2013

A City in a Garden

Singapore again. Warm and green. Humid and tropical. Can't stop the plants from growing.
We are living on the 11th floor of a 24 storey hotel in the south-western part of the island, not far from where we lived a year ago. As a matter of fact, we use the very same MRT (Metro) station. We arrived last week in the dark middle of the night but here is the view that greets us "good morning" every day.  Dense hi-rises with lush trees and vegetation.

Singapore calls itself 'A City in a Garden'.



A typical tree is populated by dozens of other plants such as ferns, orchids, vines, epiphytes, moss, etc.














The Botanical Garden and its amazing Orchid Garden are breathtaking. This is where we headed to first on the day after we arrived.

We took lots of photos of flowers,

but leaves are beautiful too:

3 comments:

  1. Wow it must be humid and hot there! It's really bad here- so it must be even worse there. The temps have peaked at 30 C so far...you guys are probably 10 degrees hotter already-since Singapore weather NEVER CHANGES

    I love the large tree with the ferns and epiphytes attached to it!
    Enjoy revisiting old haunts and discovering new places

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  2. Nice photo with Abba in soft focus taking a picture in the back. I also like the white lacy leaves with the green veins. Very delicate!

    I'm greeted each morning to our flock of sunflowers. They are beautiful!

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