Singapore Getaway Part 4: Orchard Road, SEA Aquarium, Gardens By The Bay

Part 4

Second Day of Singapore Trip

After having our brunch at Wild Honey, we continued to explore Singapore bit by bit. We walked along Orchard Road, trying to enjoy city life. They are celebrating SG50 and hence there is an art exhibition. I enjoyed the exhibition a lot. People are so creative. =)

At Singapore WOW art exhibition.

Paper luminal art, this is so beautiful.

With sister in front of ION Orchard.

After a short walk at Orchard Road, we decided to proceed to Sentosa. Took MRT from Orchard station to Harbour Front station. Then, we took a bus to Sentosa, which cost us $2 per person. After about 45 minutes of traveling time, we finally reach Sentosa! We want to visit S.E.A. Aquarium, which is the largest aquarium in Southeast Asia. We bought a ticket bundle in airport -- SEA Aquarium, Gardens by the Bay and River Safari for $76 per person. Hence, this is our first stop!

At the entrance! SEA Aquarium.

Enjoying sea view. Look at the baby shark!

My favourite fish -- cute but dangerous one. Pufferfish! =D

Signature tourist pose. Surrounded by fish.

After spending 1-2 hours in the aquarium, we decided to proceed our tour to Gardens by the Bay (Cloud Forest and Flower Dome). 

Came to Sentosa, how to not take a photo here? A bit regret that I didn't manage to explore USS due to time constriction. Next time... Next time....

Then, we caught MRT from Sentosa to Harbourfront. Then, we changed MRT to Chinatown --> Bayfront station.

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Second trip to Gardens by the Bay. Want to enjoy the day view of it. You may click here to read more at their official website.

Taiwan: Day 6 Hehuanshan 合欢山 and Lushui Trail 绿水步道

Day 6~ Oh~ Time flies~ I'm more than halfway through my Taiwan Trip after 3 weeks of writing.

Coming posts will be more on scenery -- heaps of them! Enjoy!! =)

Early morning of Day 6, we had our breakfast in Margaret Minsu and left Cingjing around 8.30am.

Me with the beautiful building of the minsu.

Spotted some nice flowers in the garden of the Minsu

Blur face. Last photo before we left Cingjing area. =D

On the way to Hehuanshan. Look at the fog -- covered up all the nice view.

Ah well, when you are traveling, you have to take photos at every nice spot (even though the fog spoilt the view).

I like this photo a lot! Look like being photoshop-ed. Surrounded by mountains -- amazing!

Taiwan: Day 5 Cingjing Veterans Farm Green Green Grassland 清境农场青青草原

We rushed to Cingjing Veterans Farm's Green Green Grassland (清境农场--青青草原) from Chung Tai Chan Monastery. Green Green Grassland closed at 5pm and we reached there around 4pm. And hence, with such timing, we missed the sheep show (绵羊秀) -- which according to our friend, it is quite a good show. =( Ah well, we enjoyed our short trip to Green Green Grassland by looking at the sheep and enjoyed the scenery. 

This farm is very European-style and buildings are mostly castle-like.
Awwww <3 Look at this building!

Ta-Daa! Got the ticket for NTD160 each! 

Another castle in Green Green Grassland. Too bad we have no time to walk around. Haihhhhh

Ho Ho Ho.... Spot the sheep!!!
OMGOMGOMG... Am I in New Zealand??? My dreamland??? 

Look at my hoodie!! Yes yes, I changed in the car, in front of uncle. (Can you believe it?)

They are so adorable!!

I was scared while feeding it. So this is the best photo out of all that look crazily scared, still, I have my awkward smile. Oh yea, we bought their feed for NTD10 per box and shared.
Enjoy the sheep licking your palm while feeding them. =D

Spotted this cutie! So adorable and special!

Awkward #1

Taiwan: Day 4 Shengxing Railway Station 胜兴车站

After our visit to Lavender Cottage, uncle used a mountain range route to drive us to Sanyi (三义). This is because it was a Saturday and according to tourists uncle met in the Lavender Cottage, Sanyi town center is super jam at that moment.

Oh well, we managed to enjoy different scenery instead of cars jamming on the road (which we had more than enough in Kuala Lumpur). And because we couldn't enter the town, we have to skip one stop, which is the wood craft street.

See?? This is not a tourist spot. It is a piece of land with flowers on our way to Shengxing Train Staion. Driver uncle told us that farmers use these flowers as organic nutrient for the land. But they are so pretty, aren't they?

Spotted some sunflowers too! <3 
Ah!! I want to write a quote:
 "Sometimes, we just need to stop and observe the beautiful things by our side. You may missed them out as they are so small and look so unimportant to you. Please love them, because they beautify your life." ~~RouRou

Me and the beautiful flowers. Love them =)

We had lunch at a random organic market along the way. Ermm... Nothing fancy, so I'm not gonna introduce it here. Another reason is, I've forgotten the name. XD

After about 1 hour drive, we've reached Shengxing Railway Station.

Look at the jam!! Many locals came to enjoy Tung Flowers (桐花) here. 

Taiwan: Day 4 Lavender Cottage

DAY 4! Time flies! It's time for us to meet up with our uncle tour guide/driver to head to Taichung. So, we checked out from the backpackers around 8.20am to meet the uncle downstairs. 

Check out our room! This is EZ Stay Taipei Main Station Branch.
Ignore the messiness. The room is alright afterall, but this is the worst room throughout our trip. XD

Along the journey, we saw lots of white flowers blooming.
It's the season of Tung Flowers (桐花祭) in Taiwan!

First stop of Day 4: Lavendar Cottage 薰衣草森林

This 2 lady should be representing the founders of lavender cottage.