Thursday, December 16, 2010

Singapore 2009














 
Singapore is one of Asia's biggest business play grounds
holding many conferences and seminars. Singapore also
has the best economies for all of Asia.















Singapore is well known for its shopping, Orchard Rd
being the main shopping road and tourist attraction
although if you can find them there are hundreds of
large shopping malls around Great world city, Mustafa's
Vivo city and that's just to name a few.



Esplanade theatres on the bay offers a complete life
style experience from dinning, shopping and the
performing arts.



Esplanade theatres.


The Merlion is considered a mascot for Singapore and
consists of a lion head and fish body, "mer" meaning
sea and lion the fish body comes from Singapore's
ancient name back when it was a fishing village.



Above is the baby Merlion
located on Sentosa island.



Artistic designs are popular around the streets of
Singapore.



Singapore art museum is a great spot to go visit if your
an art lover there are many museums in Singapore,
science museum, toy museum, war museum's,
national Singapore museum and many many more.





A visit to the Kampong Glam district to
see the Sultan Mosque with its massive
golden domes and huge prayer hall that
can hold up to 5,000 worshippers.
Most impressive religious building and the
focal point of Muslims in Singapore.


The Mosque was first built in 1824 by
Sultan Hussain Shah the first sultan of Singapore.
You may want to check out the mosque's dome base,
formed out of many glass bottles, collected by devotees.


The main prayer hall that can hold up to 5,000
worshippers.



The Old Parliament House, now known as
The Arts House At The Old Parliament
Is an arts venue holding art exhibitions
and concerts.
The building was formerly home to the
Parliament of Singapore from 1965-1999.



China town, Buddha tooth relic temple is the biggest
Buddhist temple in Singapore a must see if your
interested in Chinese architecture. It consists of four
floors and has a great garden on the top floor.



One of the main streets in china town, you will find
many of the streets in Singapore decorated at different
times of the year due to the different cultures and
different dates for there new years.




This street in china town just of the main street is like
markets with many interesting things to look at
and buy.




As always when visiting a Buddhist temple you need to
be respectful and dress conservatively. The temple
houses some very interesting stuff.








Inside one of many Indian temples.
In Little India you can find many Hindu temples the
biggest of them is called Sri-Veerama-Kaliammann
temple.


In Little India you will find many little shops that sell
Indian spices and textile goods, great little place for
lunch with lots of little restaurants serving traditional
India food and lots of vegetarian dishes.
You can also find a very big shopping mall in
Little India called Mustafa's well worth a look
if your after a bargain.


No Signboard restaurant famous for its seafood.



National Orchid garden's are found in the center of the
Botanic gardens, opened on 20th of October 1995
by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. This three hectares
of carefully landscaped slopes provide a setting for over
1,000 species and 2,000 hybrids with over 600
species and hybrids on display.
If you like flowers in any way you should visit and
make sure you have you camera.


One of the many flowers in the Orchid garden.

 

Bat orchid.


 

Clock in the Botanic Gardens.
If you find yourself wondering the Botanic
Gardens then allow yourself a full day as they
are huge and a very relaxing place to
wonder.


This lovely statue sits in front of the Shaw Foundation
Symphony stage in the Botanic gardens.



Ah the great Aussie steak pie the only place i have
seen them in Singapore is in the Jurong Bird Park,
a great place to go for a day out with the African falls,
pelican show, eagle feeding, hawk show and much much
more to wonder round and see.



Jurong Bird park the largest in the world opened
in 1971 with 4,600 birds and 380 species.
Committed towards conservation, the Bird Park is
the first in the world to breed the Twelve-wired Bird
of Paradise in captivity and received the Breeders’
Award from the American Pheasant and Waterfowl
Society in 2001. In 2006, the Bird Park became the
recipient of the Conservation & Research Award for
the Oriental Pied Hornbill Conservation Project by IV
International Symposium on Breeding Birds in Captivity
(ISBBC). In Asia, Jurong Bird Park is the only park in
the Asia Pacific to have an Avian Hospital. It has a
Breeding and Research Centre tasked to ensure the
welfare, breeding and promulgation of bird life and is
also an Official Rescue Avian Centre.


One of the many birds in the African wetlands.


Pink flamingos.


Black swan with ducklings.


Emu.












Set in a rainforest environment, Singapore Zoo's
world famous "open concept” offers the opportunity
to experience and be inspired by the wonders of nature.
Home to over 2,500 specimens from 315 species, 29%
of which are threatened, the Zoo has attained a strong
reputation internationally for its conservation initiatives
and breeding programmes. To better meet the
healthcare needs of its animals and working towards its
aspiration to become a leading global centre of excellence
for veterinary healthcare and research, a purpose-built
Wildlife Health care and Research Centre was set up in
March 2006. In 2009, 1.6 million visitors enjoyed the
experiential learning experience at the 28-hectare
award-winning Zoo. Singapore Zoo is part of
Wildlife Reserves Singapore. The Zoo is a designated
 rescued wildlife centre.



The otter family.


White tiger.



This cute little baby orangutan was part
of a show and was close enough for me
to touch although i didn't, it looks cute
enough to cuddle.



Mum orangutan giving baby a kiss how sweet.



Another white tiger witch are a rare species today.


Baby orangutan.


Mountain goats poking out there tongue.



This is a new born Baboon like just born "WOW"
its still wet.

Well there is no denying this little fella is a baby male
orangutan...

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Western Australia april 2009

Perth Western Australia is a very pretty little city this
photo is taken south of Perth called dawesvill reminds
me of Venice with the waters so close to the houses.

Indiana's tea house Cottesloe beach, best views over the
Indian ocean and one of Perth's best beaches for surf,
sun and sand.

Fremantle south side of Perth about 20 km is full of
history with loads of heritage architecture, markets and
an old prison to explore fremantle sits along side the
Indian ocean and the swan river it was established in
1829 as a port for the swan river colony and was a major
city in Western Australia for much of it's early history.

Old heritage church Fremantle.

Old heritage building main street
Fremantle.

Old heritage building Fremantle.

Just down from brookton west of Perth you may come
across a service station with this lovely ute painted with
Marilyn, Elvis and James dean and inside you can take
your photo beside the Elvis statues and look at all the
memorabilia including the Betty boo figurines.

Betty Boo.

On the way to Geraldton 450 km north of Perth you will
come across trees growing sideways this is due to all the
winds in the Geraldton region. Geraldton is known as the
windy city with lovely coast lines and is the gateway to
the magnificent Abrolhos Islands.

Geraldton main street. Geraldton is also known for its
windsurfing, kite flying, fishing and much much more.