by JanizB
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| The West Gate welcomes us!-by mmc |
February 8, 2012
- China and Japan
in just one day. Yes, believe it or not, I and May wandered through these
places in just 6 hours.
First destination was the Chinese garden. Upon entering this
garden, the seven-storey pagoda will catch everyone’s attention. We also took
this opportunity to climb this pagoda and feel the cold breeze upstairs.
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| WARMING UP! This 7-storey pagoda really squeezed out our sweats and breath. Accordingly, the odd number of floors symbolize continuity. -by janz |
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| A SHORT CUT PLEASE! This is inside the pagoda. Like a shell, huh... -by janz |
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| MULAN. Nearby the 7-storey pagoda are China's heroes. -by janz |
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| The background is the Stoneboat which is a replica of a stone boat at the Summer Palace in Beijing. -by cam |
A little bit of walk and we reached the twin pagoda. A twin of three-storey pagodas facing a body of water….
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| YES, JANZ, YOUR TWIN SIS IS....THERE. - by mmc |
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| WHITE IS...the cloud, pagoda, building, me (err my shirt & shoes). -by janz |
A place that really attracted May's eyes was the abundance
garden. We were wondering why it was called such. Then upon entering, we
finally realized that all the animal statues are by pairs – hmmm, abundance!
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| HMM, VERY ABUNDAT, hihi... -by mmc | |
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| NOW, this is getting to abundance, heha... -by janz |
There was also a turtle museum in which we have encountered
more than a hundred varied turtles/tortoises from different countries. A
Chinese businessman (sorry, forgot the name) collected and organized this
endeavor. Take note, this is the largest collection in the world of turtles/tortoises
as confirmed by Guinness World Book of Records.
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| JANZ and the owner -by mmc |
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| Oops, traffic jam. No pushing please... -by janz | |
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| SMILE! Some turtles are left to roam around freely so one needs to be mindful of his steps. -by mmc |
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| Cool! They're vegetarians, heha... -by mmc/janz |
Across the Chinese
Garden is the Japanese
Garden. An awesome bridge connects
these two.
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| The Bridge of Double Beauty connects the Chinese and Japanese gardens. -by mmc |
There, we saw the stone lanterns artistically distributed at
a vale.
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| Accordingly, the Japanese Garden (also called Seiwaen) may not be as visually stimulating as the Chinese Garden but it evokes feelings...ahemmm... -by mmc |
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| Stone lanterns are important icons of Japanese gardens. -by mmc |
Hills are covered with bountiful green grasses and flowers
that are really blooming and beautiful.
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| This is a kusari doi, a creative Japanese rain chain (which i think, we can adopt in every household, recycling plastic bottles). -by janz |
The journey ended at about 6 o'clock in the evening and we’re back to
reality that we’re still in Singapore.
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| Having fun with the BUnDDHAts^^ -by mmc |
