Weather Permitting

The weather in Singapore is wishy-washy. But this makes travelling all the more exciting.
You wake up in the middle of the night hearing rain pepper the windows of your hotel room. But rise from your sleep in the morning and look outside to see dark clouds sheepishly floating away, leaving the sun alone in the sky, drying up any evidence of a stormy night.

During September of 2012 the skies were thick with smog from fires in Indonesia. When we went to the sky deck we were unlucky to have a very skewed view of the city.

Smog from the Indonesian fires in September 2012.

View of Gardens By the Bay from the Marina Bay Sky Deck.

 Other than that, brave the weather, explore Singapore!

Distinguishing Between Stars and Twinkling Lights in the Singapore Skyline

Anybody who has seen James Cameron's Avatar will feel a sense of familiarity when they step through the gates of the Marina Sands Gardens by the Bay.

This fantasy tourist attraction lights up the imagination and the skyline with artificial super trees. The trees twinkle in the night time, lit up with all colours of the rainbow, shooting across the stems that fan out of the large trunks.

It is easy to lose yourself (and members of your family) as you walk through the gardens in the dark whilst staring up at the sky. Occasionally bumping into tourists and stumbling over cracks in the pavement, I advise (from personal experience) you take care.
Struck with awe, necks bent upright, all tourists are subject to paying no attention to where their feet guide them. This is not warned in the brochures.

Light Show from 9:00pm.

Super Trees with the Marina Bay Sands hotel in the background.

My only criticism is the mosquitoes. I am blessed with an allergy to mosquito bites. So, naturally I struggled to cope with the bites I collected along our journey through the gardens.

The Singapore Duck

Bobbing across the Singapore Bay waters, the sky was clear. On this fine day we took up the opportunity to take a ride on the Singapore Duck.

The Singapore Merlion

View from the Duck.

The tour guide's humour was cringeworthy... but made the facts memorable.
If I were to give away the punch lines, you wouldn't have any reason to take the tour yourself. So I won't be giving away any secrets.

The best part of this tour was the $3 duck quacker. This mouth piece came in handy for the kids who blew away into the device to drown out the tour guides voice.

Duck quacker acquired.