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Gardens by the bay is a mystical garden filled with exotic flowers, beautiful sculptures and some unbelievable architectural wonders.

The nearest MRT station is bayfront station and the subway which leads you to the gardens by the bay is very beautifully decorated with floral wallpapers and huge mirrors alternatively.

Gardens by the bay has no entry fees if you just want to visit the garden and have a stroll along the place.

Walking Through the garden you will see exotic flowers and beautiful structures because we went at night we actually couldn’t see the flower dome, the cloud  dome and the exotic flower gallery so for all these three need to pay like 8 Singapore dollars for the ticket per person.

As we entered the garden, it was lit beautifully and the first thing what you see is the Dragonfly lake where there is the Singapore river which flows through the city and it has this beautifully lit dragonflies statues in between the river and you can even have a good time sitting near the lake as there are stairs to sit there and have a peaceful time.

Then you can walk towards the bridge over the river and then go to the Super tree grove which showcases light show  at 7:45 and 8:45 (two shows per night).So when we reached the show was about to start  and people had already occupied the place to sit around so what we did is just grabbed a seat front of the centre pillar and sat on the road .

And the best part about watching the light show is by lying down on the floor and watch it and the  show  will create its magic in your eyes because it really looks like stars blinking with beautiful songs. The light show is very well synchronised with of light effects and the music ,also it is presented so  beautifully that not even for a moment you feel that is actually done by a machine; you will just feel the magic in the sky and will go into another world all together, A magical fantasy world.

And the roads or the pavement in the garden is  so clean  that I wore a white shirt and I was literally lying down on the wet road of gardens by the bay and there was not even a stain on my white shirts that is like unbelievable.

AS we move forward there is this floral clock. There’s something magical about seeing a floral clock, the combination of floral design and timekeeping. It’s Located between the Cloud Forest and the Super tree Grove in the Gardens by the Bay is a beautiful seven metre wide Floral Clock decorated with an array of colourful tropical plants with contrasting foliage and flowers, the clock’s hands are guided by GPS technology. The design of the clock was inspired by the Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet and it’s Royal Oak collection. The clock was a gift from Audemars Piguet to the garden to celebrate Singapore’s 50th anniversary

So people in Singapore are really fitness oriented people so you would see lot of people running, cycling, skatr boarding ,roller skating, jogging ,walking  around the garden , as the garden area is huge with fresh air and surrounded by the Singapore Lake and huge trees.

Satay by the bay

As we were super hungry after a long walk in gardens by the bay we thought of having dinner from their food court called the satay by the Bay. This place serves amazing cuisine for non vegetarians and has very less options for vegetarians and as the  place name suggests you will find a lot of restaurants serving you satay of different meat. There are more than 25 restaurants of to choose from and most of them serve Chinese cuisine . There were two or three restaurants which was serving Italian and some English breakfast which is on a higher price side.

Also there was a fruit shop where you get really fresh fruit and fruit juices and fruit jellies which had cherries, litchis and strawberries and we had chilled the coconut water which was so refreshing and the best part about coconut water in Singapore is they will serve you in a very interesting way.

 So while walking towards the exit and we noticed a cactus Garden which had huge cactus which were more than 10 feet tall  and also a children’s park with small swings o that children can have good fun time as well.

Planning to visit the gardens by the bay we would suggest to take a full day tour of this beautiful place.

China town as the name says its inspired by Chinese culture and this street has a Buddhist temple at the beginning of the street.

Besides the temple you will find loads of street shops which sells Singapore souvenirs at a very very reasonable rate. You can combine 3-4 items and get it at mere 4-5 SGD.

From key rings ,fridge magnets ,t shirts, accessories,clothes,home decor items everything literally.this street is  mostly  crowded with tourists and locals for shopping .

Durian

A very fascinating fruit which we discovered in Chinatown.
Well this is a tropical fruit which is imported from Malaysia to Singapore and is loved by most of the citizen there.This fruit looks like jack fruit and so we tried it,

How does durian tastes

Well to be frank the very first bite of this fruit was different never tasted something like this, then later on we liked it, it smells pungent  and be identified from far away.

Due to its overpowering smell, durian has been banned , In Singapore, the fruit is banned across all types of public transportation and even taxis have signs to let you know they refuse to carry passengers transporting the smelly fruit.You have to pay a heavy fine for this offence.

So if you are adventurous enough to taste different fruits the you should give it a try

We boarded from clementi MRT and got down at Tanjong pagar and walked our way to Chinatown. We got to see some really beautiful buildings being the contemporary architecture structures.We were really amazed by the beautiful modern structures.on the contrary we noticed a whole street and yes two storied shop houses which are apparently pre historic conserved areas of Singapore.

Things you find in Tras street

So if you have not visited this street till now, you must and explore the unseen beautiful Singapore

We started from Bangalore India at 21:15 IST ( India Standard Time)  indigo flight to reach Singapore at 3:30 am SST ( Singapore Standard Time) with the travel time of 4 hours. Because this was our first time travel to Singapore at night out sleep timings went on a toss. Nevertheless our journey to the magical city was just about to begin so we were damn excited.

We took some rest because we were very tired and we had to adjust with timing of Singapore which is 2.5 hrs ahead IST and 8 hours ahead of GMT ( Greenwich Mean Time). We cant call it jet lag  but we were damn tired because of the journey.

So there is an interesting activity which you can do when you are heading towards the immigration , there is this area where there are crayons on the desk and embossed stencil and some papers to draw on. Well we loved doing this activity.
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