Singapore!

Singapore

<Camryn>

On June 23 (our first full day in Singapore.) We went to the "gardens by the bay."  We were going to go to the flower garden dome but when we arrived it was closed for the day to clean it up:(
but luckily that was not all they had at the garden! They also had a Cloud Forest! 

It's a man made mini mountain with a good hand full of beautiful flowers and lots of tropical plants. In that dome they also had a cloud walk which is a medal platform much like a sidewalk but floating...well sort of!

After that that we went up to the 57th floor, the top level of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel

where we had a heavy snack/late lunch then enjoyed the views of Singapore and the cool infinity pool.  From the view, we saw  a cool floating soccer field.  We also saw a lot of cranes that were used to pick stuff off of the cargo ships.  My dad said that we could see most of the country from where we had our snack!

57th floor / poolside

One of the most surprising things in Singapore was all the very strict rules they have.  If you spit out gum on the streets you'll get arrested!  Another thing is that it feels like people are always watching you because there are a lot of cameras everywhere.  A funny side story is we got home late from the Night Safari (which you can read about in our next post) and when we walked back into the apartment building the security officer was sleeping on the job... just like in the movies!

One thing that I like about Singapore is all of the buildings and architecture is very close to America but in some places like the markets and the ways they sell things it's very different from America.

I can definitely tell I've been traveling for awhile because I'm starting to forget what country I'm in!