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Saturday, April 18, 2015

I just spent a wonderful week in Singapore with my friend Nancy. It’s an amazing place and of course, being the photographer I took over 500 photos. The architecture is a photographer’s dream and I tried to capture the essence of the place and its warm and friendly people. I will also be posting photos on Fine Art America.

 
We stayed at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.  What can I say?  The white building that looks like a lotus flower is the ArtScience Museum and definitely worth seeing.  Info on Singapore  
There's an infinity pool at the very top.  You'll see it later.
 
As I said in my email, the architecture is incredible all throughout the city.  This is the inside of our hotel.
This is the famous Orchard Street on Easter Sunday looking a lot like NYC.  It was fun to browse the area and be with the people.  Nancy and I took lots of breaks because of the heat and humidity.  My skin loved it!!!

A tree inside a mall area with messages to Lee Kuan Yew first prime minister of Singapore who recently died.  We always got great info from taxi drivers.

                                                                      
He's on the bridge connecting to our hotel/mall selling water and other goodies.

I couldn't resist taking a photo of these boys.  It was almost dusk and I'm not sure what they were looking at--I guess whatever fascinates little boys:)
I love this shot of this flower just starting to open up under the ArtScience Museum.

Flowers and water are everywhere. 

  
It started to rain so we ducked into a restaurant that connected to this long alleyway.
 

Yes, we had the famous Singapore Sling and tea at the very famous Raffles Hotel.  It was fun and something I've always wanted to do!
 
Night shots in Singapore are so amazing with different colors in the water, buildings and sky.
 
We stayed in Tower 3.
 
When someone told me to go to the Gardens by the Bay I thought I would see some pretty flowers, but nothing like what we saw.  In the distance is the Supertree Grove which lights up at night.
 
Okay, yes we went to the top and walked the same walk.  A feat for someone with vertigo!!!
 
 
We're inside the flower dome.  There were lots of student field trips and I love this shot because the trees look like they might become alive taking on human qualities.  It's my imagination!
 
Inside the cloud forest when it was raining outside and yes, we also walked way up there!
 
 
An amazing light show!
 
I took so many photos of flowers which I'll be posting on FAA.
 
We made it to the top of our hotel for a delicious dinner and incredible view as it got dark.

After dinner we went to the other side and you can see the cargo ships in the harbor.  No, I didn't look down!
 
This is the infinity pool at the top and I'm told that yes, there's a ledge and some kind of fence, but this photo still leaves me breathless!!!
We took a cable car to Sentosa Island and walked along the beach.
 


 
We had lunch at this hotel and watched the kids swim in the pool.
 
On our last day we visited several museums and walked along the waterway having lunch, enjoying the sights and eventually having tea at the Fullerton Hotel.  You can see the "tip" of our hotel in the distance.

 


Lake Khuvsgul


My article about traveling to Lake Khuvsgul has been published by Venus Adventures, an adventure travel company for women.  Right now it’s on their Facebook page (see below).  They’ll see how many hits it gets and then decide what to do next.