We arrived in Singapore late at night from Bali, and were picked up by Jackson, Chuck's friend from Dragonboating (1986 Singapore Team). We stayed at Jackson and Linda's beautiful home and then spent the day with them and their daugther - Lin - touring the city while their son Justin was busy doing teenager things with this friends.
We started the day with breakfast at a cafe - here is Kenna and Lin eating rice with fish with chili sauce wrapped in a banana leaf. A bit too weird for Cole - he had peanut butter toast.
We then drove downtown - past the new casino - 3 towers of 60 floors of hotel rooms capped off with the casino - it looks like a cruise ship accidentally ran adrift! The architecture in Singapore is really impressive and creative.
The new Museum we visited is the shape of a lotus flower, surrounded by a pond full of lotus flowers - it was really quite stunning. The museum had the Harry Potter exhibit - it was great to see all the costumes and props - Kenna loved it! Lin was thrilled as well as she is huge fan like Kenna.
Lin
, Kenna and Cole with their chocolate frogs and Bertie Botts Every-Flavored Beans (I got one that was rotten egg flavored - YUCK - some are even worse!)
After the Harry Potter Exhibit we toured the Gardens on the Bay - it was amazing, a mix between Jurassic Park and Dr. Seuss.
The gardens are made up of a lake and 2 large glass domes. This dome housed a 7 storey waterfall which created a "cloud forest". The walkway allowed you to wander around the man-made mountian where you could see orchids, ferns and other jungle plants growing out of the side of the mountain. It was very impressive.
These are the "monster trees" - which reminded me of Dr. Suess. They are about 7 stories high each.
Jackson, Linda and Lin - our wonderful hosts. In the background is another glass dome, as large as several football fields. This dome had plants from around the world that grow in "cool" climates. The plants were from Canada, Italy, France, United States and some parts of Afrtica.
We started the day with breakfast at a cafe - here is Kenna and Lin eating rice with fish with chili sauce wrapped in a banana leaf. A bit too weird for Cole - he had peanut butter toast.
We then drove downtown - past the new casino - 3 towers of 60 floors of hotel rooms capped off with the casino - it looks like a cruise ship accidentally ran adrift! The architecture in Singapore is really impressive and creative.
The new Museum we visited is the shape of a lotus flower, surrounded by a pond full of lotus flowers - it was really quite stunning. The museum had the Harry Potter exhibit - it was great to see all the costumes and props - Kenna loved it! Lin was thrilled as well as she is huge fan like Kenna.
Lin
, Kenna and Cole with their chocolate frogs and Bertie Botts Every-Flavored Beans (I got one that was rotten egg flavored - YUCK - some are even worse!)After the Harry Potter Exhibit we toured the Gardens on the Bay - it was amazing, a mix between Jurassic Park and Dr. Seuss.
The gardens are made up of a lake and 2 large glass domes. This dome housed a 7 storey waterfall which created a "cloud forest". The walkway allowed you to wander around the man-made mountian where you could see orchids, ferns and other jungle plants growing out of the side of the mountain. It was very impressive.
These are the "monster trees" - which reminded me of Dr. Suess. They are about 7 stories high each.
Jackson, Linda and Lin - our wonderful hosts. In the background is another glass dome, as large as several football fields. This dome had plants from around the world that grow in "cool" climates. The plants were from Canada, Italy, France, United States and some parts of Afrtica.
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