Singapore (Marina Bay Sands)

8/16: Back at this cool pool! 

57 floors up on the top of Marina Bay Sands hotel.

We thoroughly enjoyed relaxing in the largest infinity pool in the world overlooking Singapore.

This pool is as LONG as the Eiffel Tower is TALL. Wow!!

When you stay at this hotel your entertainment IS the pool, the view, the people, the experience.

You can order food & drinks from your lounger and then people watch, swim, nap, soak in the sun (or rain), & just enjoy every second with a big smile.

Kilimanjaro is called the Roof of Africa.

Marina Bay Sands should be called the Roof of Singapore! :-)

City Slicker?! ;-)

Definitely feels like a day in the life of the rich and famous!

:-)

On top of Johnson's list of things to do was learning to swim...

We worked on the crawl, underwater swimming, floating & more. Johnson is determined to swim and he made good progress on our vacation. 

A little night swimming.

Amazing city lights all around!

Hotel weight room workout. 

This was Johnson's 1st time lifting weights.

First time in a gym for him... we all had a blast!

We hustled to the bay outdoor theatre for a night light show on the water.

Us and the audience were captivated by the music and rythmic lights.

Just awesome!

We are loving the city of Singapore!

Back in our hotel room this was our night view looking down on the Bay of Gardens. Those 2 white buildings are the green houses. The first one was the orchid house. The 2nd had that giant waterfall.

Our morning view the next day. Excited for another day in Singapore!

Singapore (Bay of Gardens)

Bird's eye view of The Bay of Gardens. 

PS: This was the view from our room at the Marina Bay Sands hotel (37th floor). More on our 1 night stay at Singapore's amazing hotel later but this post is about touring Singapore's beautiful botanical gardens... 

A view from the ground. Giant iron trees placed throughout the gardens. They light up at night, change color and have vines growing up the base. Mariana Bay Sands hotel in the distance. :-)

Outside walking around the gardens. Inside walking around the orchid greenhouse.

Singapore's National Flower is the orchid. I don't recall how many different kinds of orchids there are but 1000's +++. Actually I just read on-line "There are 27,000 different species. Orchids are the most numerous family of plants on earth."

These orchids are ALL soooo BEAUTIFUL!

We found the South African section!

Johnson getting a kick out of the little school kids field trip.

The next building contained a giant indoor waterfall! Johnson being family photographer. :-)

Venice Fly Trap! I didn't know they were so small. Interesting.

Spectacularly designed greenhouse.

Such a cool place & fun day!

1st time to a McDonalds!

And walking to our hotel... EXCITED!!

Inside our room was a towel ELEPHANT. How perfect for us!!

We changed into our swimming suits, took the elevator to the 57th floor and enjoyed hanging out at this crazy & very famous pool! 

Awwww! We love this hotel already.

Marina Bay Sands delivered a birthday cake to help celebrate the August birthdays in the family. 

Thank you, Singapore!!! You know I will have more photos on the largest infinity pool in the world! Tomorrow. :-)