SBG 2014 Jan 01

Brand new 2014 - Jan 01 visiting SBG starting from the Bukit Timah ends - Botanic Garden MRT station.

Attracted by the colorful but chaotic look

You see them in supermarket - tamarind or asam jawa

Tiger Cacoa instead of the smoother version of the normal caocoa pod

He threw a rake  secured at the end of a long rope.... and the team of 3 pulled to clear the weeds and grasses.

Look delicious...

Large fruit of the Baobab tree, no dropped fruit to peek inside

Lipstick tree

Botanical collection metal box, flasks and microscope  and the author reflection as well

simple exhibits

Exhibits

Heritage Museum free admission and a reprieve from the hot humid weather outside.

Chandelier constructed using  lab test tubes and flasks.

TTW Saturday 28 2013

TTW in reverse order.

Shorten my travel time. Took a taxi from AMK to venus drive.

The TTW my >17 visits

The view 25 metre from above. I was there to look out for the cheng tng tree but didn't locate it

The thorny branches of Rattan Mantang

TTW

This large male appeared from no where. 

Statistics 

One man operated hut. Traffic is one way.

A six-toe palm like creeper with yellow tips

Honey Bees : In July this year i encountered the same type of nests build on the same tree. Watch  my yout ube video post to wildnut66 for the flickering of lines of bees and the gentle swaying of the nests in the breeze. 

Can you spot the honey bee's nest? 

The little stream Venus Drive 

DTL - Down town line ( new MRT stations) Telok Ayer

Far East Square - Telok Ayer

Nice model of the street buildings 

Take me there

Caged bulbs

Spiral and the man

Sprouting flower on the roof structure

River Safari Dec 21 2013

Squirrel monkey

They are very  playful and active jumping from branches to branches

Toco Tucan face-on look

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin 

Up in the branch

Red panda closer view

Golden Pheasant with a coat of gold-like feather.  

Yangtze Alligator with short snout.

So you know where the term 'sitting duck' came from. Notice the fan-out  triangular pattern on the front portions

It actually rolls the eyelid like a shutter. So i waited for the shutter to move away... who wanted a closed eye look

Notice the short segment of the tracks are being lowered inside the tunnel... to raised the next boat one level up. Gravity-assist gave the boat the momentum to move forward.

Netted look of the flamingos shot in the boat ride. As this zip by you probably will miss 50% of the animals and even higher % if you want to capture their pics.

The Bill Board says it all 

Crowded  Saturday Morning

Red  panda - more agile than the jia jia , kai kai

Panda  FLAT out! and the other fellow was no where to be seen.

Lungfish

'7 candles' a common wasteland flowers

All facing the same direction in single file