I went for a short stroll behind my house, which just happens to be the Singapore Botanic Garden. It’s A wonderfully beautiful place, just a few minutes walk from my door. This free park is about 1.5 miles long and is only botanic garden in the world that is open from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight every single day of the year. The gardens, now over 150 years old have over 10,000 types of plants and trees, including over 1000 species and 2,000 hybrids of orchids. The Singapore Botanic Garden also includes access to the National Orchid Garden, a visual spectacle of over 60,000 dazzling orchid-plants set against contrasting textures and shapes of tropical foliage, creating a feast for the senses. Additionally, this is one of only two city parks in the world with tropical lowland rainforest within the city boundaries (Rio De Janeiro has the other). The Garden also offers lots of courses from bonsai tree growing to a Nature Photography course which I signed up for in June/July.
While I was visiting the Garden, the weather suddenly turned and dumped a few inches of rain within a very short time , and then it cleared up just as fast. It’s no wonder Singapore has an average precipitation of 7.5 feet of rain per year!
