Tree with 3 colours of flowers - don't know what it is called.
Birds in the Botanic Gardens that attracted a huge following of photographers with lots of huge equipment!
Behind the waterfall.
Is that Jim?
Day 2 in Singapore was much more enjoyable than day 1. We spent the morning in the Botanic Gardens with the bulk of the time in the magnificent Orchid Garden. It costs 5 dollars to get in but for some reason they mistook me for a senior so charged me only 1 dollar. They charged Jim 1 dollar too but that is understandable!
The rest of the day we spent along the river front enjoying the sculptures, the architecture and the asian food. We avoided the thousands of shopping centres which most normal people, I am told, would delight in!
Our flights home were only 4 hours late in total - much better than what lots of people had to endure. Brian met us at the airport and drove us home over very treacherous roads. He had the car equipped for all eventualities - blankets, food and water! An official at Frankfurt had noticed Jim's bare sandalled feet and wondered how Jim would cope with the weather at home - you should have seen the speed of him once he stepped into the many inches of snow in our back yard! Over the next few days our icicles were the talking point of the town - one was about 6 foot long going from the roof at the back to the ground. Fortunately the house was warm thanks to Ann, Evy and Geoffrey and I moved immediately into Christmas preparations. Once I had the shopping done on Monday 20th I had no objections to staying indoors until the thaw came. As I write this There is a light coating of snow which I hope has no intention of staying.
Further holiday plans - London, Spain and Estonia within thenext 6 months. After that - India? Canada? South Africa? I may even continue the blog for some of those trips. Till then...
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