Wednesday, December 26, 2012

School Holidays Part 2 - Garden by the bay : Dec-12

We planned to visit Garden by the Bay at MBS during this holiday along with Papa and Mama.  We started off by stopping by Macdonalds to give Papa and Mama an untypical breakfast which they seemed to enjoy as much as the kids.

We reached Garden by the Bay at about 10.30am and decided to visit the two iconic domes, Flower Dome and Cloud Forest.  We began with the Flower Dome.  When entered, I was instantly impressed by the majestic view of the artificial garden inside this fully air-conditioned dome.  We could even smell the fragrance emitted by the flowers and Qiqi even claimed she could smell the high level of oxygen!  The amount of flowers blossoming inside the dome were countless and of course, beautiful.  I was not sure how much man effort were incurred and needed to replace these flowers or do they really blossom naturally?  If it was the latter, it would be more admirable.


After the Flower Dome, we proceed to the Cloud Forest… this time it was an breath-taking man-made waterfall that greeted us at the entrance.  We spent a fair bit of time enjoying the view before moving on to the lift which took us to the top level.  Starting from the top, there was a long bridge which would bring you to the ground level and present you the journey of the various types of forestation.



At the end of the Flower Dome tour, there was also a room which exhibited how MBS had built this two domes to be environmentally friendly.  I just felt so ironic to believe that the amount of energy used to maintain these domes would be environmentally friendly or reduce any carbon footprints.  Xuan and I joked that this must be some tricks to divert some negative feedbacks from the tourists.

Nevertheless, the sceneries inside the domes were astonishing, we could not stop taking photos inside them…

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