[SG.Travel] Gardens by the Bay

{The infamous Gardens by the Bay}

The girls were saying Gardens by the Bay is a must-go and since Bee and I didn't go last time,

I agreed to this idea happily.

End up, our Gardens by the Bay experience was sort of a mixed of disappointment and amazement.

The paid part was not worth the price while the free admission part was beyond our expectation.

Let's first talk about the paid area.

We have got the tickets from China Town at a discounted price of $17 SGD (original price of $28).

But even at a discounted price, we didn't feel like it's worth the ticket.

{The Cloud Forest}

The man-made waterfall upon entry was quite something.

It was indeed the focal point of the entire exhibition hall. 

The rest of the hall was actually paths surrounding the waterfall.

Maybe we had expected too much at the first place, turn out the walk around the waterfall was kind of dull.

The scene was about the same at different points.

Well, the background at this point did look nice enough for us to stop and take some pictures.

We didn't stay long though.

There were not much to see and so we left once we have walked through the entire hall,

which was like within 15 minutes.

We then moved on to the second exhibition hall

{The Flower Dome}

we were in time for the TULIPMANIA FLORAL DISPLAY which lasts from 4/8-5/22.

We were expecting a see of flowers surrounding the place, but again we were thinking too much.

Don't get me wrong, the flowers were stunning and the garden was well designed.

Just that we felt like the entire place was focusing on the architecture rather on the display of flowers.

We kind of just briefly walked through the exhibition and marched towards the exit for food.

At around 4:30pm, all we wanted was food and a tiny break from all the walking.

Best would be some chicken nuggets and French fries.

And so we went ahead for the Mcdonalds.

It was nice that there is actually somewhere affordable in the area.

We spent quite some time chilling and waiting for the sun to go down.

{SuperTree, the Free Admission Part}



The time ticked away soon enough that the lights of the Supertree began to light up.
We were exhausted to a point that we wanted to leave.
But then we also wanted to see. To see how it would be like when the dark came in.
So we ended up staying till the sky went dark, to be precise, till the lights show scheduled at 7:45pm.







We were glad that we did stay.
Or else, we would have missed out the best part of the entire Gardens by the Bay.
Well, to be honest, the trees looked shitty in the daylights, just a couple of fake flower trees around the place.
But it was beyond amazing to see how it turned out to be so stunning with all the lights on.



When the lights show began, we lay down on the ground and watched how music and lights could go so well with the SuperTrees.
Lying down there and watching different colors filled up the SuperTrees in all patterns and directions,
the 15 minutes was definitely the highlight of our day.


So, after all, Gardens by the Bay is still a must-go.
But for next time,instead of spending the money on the exhibitions, I would rather spend on the SuperTrees skyway.


Gardens by the Bay,
I will see you again in due time,
xoxo