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Botanic Gardens
By jeni | July 11, 2008
I went to the Singapore Botanic Gardens today. One word: incredible. Sorry Denver, but your botanic gardens look pretty wimpy next to Singapore’s. I could probably go to the Botanic Gardens once a week for the entire time I’m here and still not see everything, but that’s okay because it’s only a $4 (SIN) taxi ride away.
I’m sure there’s a way to rotate this photo so you can see it better but John isn’t here so I’m just going to have to to with it for now.
Anyway, I was there for about 2.5 hours, and most of that time I spent in the National Orchid Garden. Getting in to the Botanic Gardens is free, but you have to pay to get in to see the Orchids. It’s only $5 though, and I’m sure they could charge much more than that and people would go to see. I spent the afternoon walking around with what seemed like mostly Japanese tourists. One thing I’ve noticed about Japanese tourists, they literally record everything. With both video and still pictures. It’s hilarious. But I bet they’ll all be glad to have a record of the things they saw in their lives.
These are just a few of the orchids in the outside portion of the Orchid Garden, but where the fun really starts is the Mist House. The Mist House is where they keep the rare, fancy, expensive crazy cool orchids. There’s a dude in there that just walks around lovingly caressing each orchid and whispering sweet nothings in their ears. Okay not really but that’s how it seems. I took some pics in the Mist House, and I also met a nurse from Pennsylvania (visiting for a big nursing convention) and she took a shot of me standing by some of the orchids. She didn’t give me the “one-two-three” countdown so I wasn’t ready at all, but oh well.
Again we have the rotation issue. Sorry about that. Anyone know WordPress well enough to tell me what to do?
I walked out with her and took a few more shots and chatted a bit, but then she went into the gift shop and I decided to go back to the mist house to spend some more time there. And shoot you guys this video. I put it up on YouTube but since I took it with my phone the quality is terrible, so I decided it would be better if you just watched it this way. All you have to do is click on the link below (be patient, it might take a second to load.)
I realize I turned the camera sideways a couple of times and it’s kind of hard to follow, but give me some time and I will master this video thing, I swear. Hope you enjoyed your tour through the Singapore Botanic Gardens!
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