Singapore Botanic Gardens

Hahahaha cerita back to nature plak kali nie ...kalau Liz or Fendu tak akan ada lah posting mcm nie ...not their cup of tea kat mat salleh ...aku pi bukan apa, coz masa aku browse top places to visit in Singapore, Botanic Garden nie top of the list ..then I check ob travel magazine about attraction in Singapore, sama name crop up ...my dad pun dok soh aku visit and take photos for him (dia sendiri tak nak gi Singapore coz tak sesuai ngan jiwa dia katanya ...he is more into Siam Reap or Bangkok or Yogyakarta) ...

So, since Liz sibuk kerja, aku memang plan nak gi sini lah on my day alone ....plan nak gi second day tak jadi coz hujan selebat alam ...third day was nice ..took a cab from hotel straight to Botanic Gardens ...dalam SD14 rasa nya and masuk thru Tanglin Entry.

Please note, taman nie banyak entry points, kang kalau tak sure boleh menunggu at one end, tapi should be at other end ...hahaha macam ada a group of tourists nie, dok calling sesama sendiri tapi tak tau dorang tu kat entry point mana satu ...very the lawak ... Masuk2 aku gi visitor info centre to get a free map of the area ...theb belek2 to see what should I see first ...sebab tak nak kalah ngan Fendu, aku decide to go to swan lake hahahaha sebab ada swan katanya .... Dengan penuh semangat ok!

aku dok melilau cari swan tapi tak nampak pun ...nampak kura-kura and ikan dalam pond tu ada lah ...so, menapak sambil jeling sana sini cari swam ...then decide to pergi the other end of the lake ...sanggup menapak tu ....

 arca swan ...jadilah kan kalau tak jumpa yang betol kah kah kah

Ternyata tak sia sia aku ke sana ..ada swan hahaha tapi kurus aje aku tengok lol ... 

 masa dok ambik gambar swan nie, tetiba I saw a squirrel plak melompat2 kat palang just across from me ..terus teringat insiden fendi jumpa tupai kat Hyde park and dia menjerit lol ...sungguh tak macho ...aku tak jerit pun, just snap photo sebagai bukti ajer :-)

jinak jer tupai nie ...

 Dari Swan Lake aku menapak ke Ginger Garden ..aku lalu kat sini sepintas lalu jer ...ambik gambar sket and then chow ...but one thing I learnt was that ada satu spesis bunga yang aku tanam kat rumah rupanya spesis halia from south america ...hahaha lawak ..takde rupa halia pon!!!

aku ambik gambar waterfall nie coz menunggu giliran nak snap gambar entrance to ginger garden ...tapi ada this Filipino family nie lama nar ambik gambar kat situ so I ended up malas nak tunggu ...aku chow ajer ....the next destination is National Orchird Garden ...

Nak masuk sini kena bayar SD5 ...tapi queue nya amat panjang ...rasa cam tak nak menunggu, so aku ambik gambar ala kadar jer kat entrance ..and chow menuju exit point yang ada servis hop on hop off ...by this time, matahari dah muncul ...so dah start panas ..akak tak nak dah jalan2 hahaha sekadar tangkap gambar sana sini then chow cari bus ... For info, ada a few types of hop on hop off bus ..and different waiting area ...cari jer kat papan tanda arah ...lots of sinage and tak akan sesat punya lah ....

 one of the many pathways yang aku tak explore

 entrance to rain forest section - pon tak masuk ..negeri aku lagi banyak rainforest asli maaaa ...buat apa aku nak masuk yang nie memandangkan aku rushing at the time :-)

 bus hop on hop off akan stop at this area ...ada seating provided ...kalau tak nak lama menunggu, gi kat info centre jer, kat situ ada bagitau what time the buses are available ..senang cerita. and tak yah tunggu lama lama

Tips or those who want to visit Singapore Botanic Gardens - pakai comfy shoes, coz byk kerja2 menapak from one place to another hahahaha ...and yang tak tahan panas matahari tu, this is not a place for you ...yang minat pokok pokok, bunga bunga etc ...ok lah boleh datang ...and bring lots of water k ...tiring sungguh jalan kat sini ...by the ways, restaurants etc ada disediakan, plenty of seating areas along the parks and so on ...seriusly, kak long - you jangan datang sini. Definitely not your kind of place....korang tengok ajer lah from gambar gambar aku nie hehehehe