For our final day in Singapore we went to the Botanic Gardens. We saved this ’til the last day as it was something we were really looking forward to and we thought it would be nice to spend time outdoors before another long flight.
Ruth in the Botanic Gardens
Getting to the gardens was easy as the bus went from just over the road from our hostel and got us there in 20 minutes. Ruth’s knee was a bit tired from all the walking we’d done so far and so when we arrived we sat down by the big lake for a while.
Botanic Gardens Waterfall
I then went off bird and dragonfly watching and left Ruth to rest for a bit. It was a scorcher of a day as the sun was out for the first time and I ended up with a nice bit of sunburn.
As we walked around the garden we got deafened by these insects that screeched really loudly, I managed to find one to take a picture but I have no idea what it was! The gardens were quite big and split up into sections for all the different flowers and greenery. Our favourite parts were the lake, bamboo forests, the waterfall in the ginger garden and the National Orchid Garden. This had a huge variety of orchids in including the national flower of Singapore. We enjoyed looking around it but it was even hotter than the rest of the gardens!
After downing lots of water we headed back to Little India to take in the sites before we had to leave for the airport. It was a great place and so different from the other areas of Singapore. The streets were busy with tourists and local men (no local women at all) and we walked around looking at all the buildings and temples. We then headed to the Arab Quarter where the impressive Sultan Mosque is. Unfortunately we then had to head back to the hostel where we had a quick shower before checking out. We caught the MRT to the airport, checked into our flight without any problems, grabbed some food and in no time we were boarding.
The flight to Oz went really quick as we both slept for most of it. It’s early in the morning here in Brisbane and it’s great to be back (and out of the humidty). Now it’s time to get to our hostel.
