Singapore Day Five

Day five in Singapore was our rest day with nothing planned. We wanted to hang out in the air conditioned apartment as much as possible after spending days walking around in the heat and humidity! The only thing we did that was worth photographing was taking Gavin to the rooftop pool! It was his first time in a pool and it was fun to watch his reaction to it. The water was a bit chilly at first and he really wasn't sure what to think of it. After awhile, he finally got used to the water and seemed to enjoy himself - even splashed us several times. I wish we could have gotten a video recording of it but we do have these pictures for your entertainment:

Rooftop pool

Just getting the toes in

View from the pool

Not too sure

A little fussy

Getting better

Ok, not so bad

I suppose it's tolerable

Whoa - on his back!

Now we're having fun

I could do this again

All bundled up & ready to hit the shower!

Here are a couple videos I've taken in the past week or so. The first one is having fun with Daddy! The second one is the first time Gavin was in the Bumpo seat.

Singapore Day Four

This day was mostly spent at the Singapore Zoo. It's not a huge zoo (compared to the San Diego Zoo) but it was a nice one. It's a ways out of the city though, so it takes some time to get there. One thing that was really nice was the nursing stations. Not only did they have changing tables at every restroom in the Zoo but they also had a couple rooms where a nursing mom could breastfeed in private. It was a small room with an armchair, a sink, and a fan. I have no problem breastfeeding in public but the nursing cover can be a pain sometimes and in the heat and humidity of Singapore, it is miserable for both Gavin and I. So it's nice to have a room where I could breastfeed in private and not need the cover! These rooms were also at Gardens by the Bay and they had them at all the malls as well!! Those rooms were air conditioned too, which made them even better!! I LOVED that Singapore had those as an option...it was so nice!!
Back to the Zoo!

Orangutan eating his breakfast

Ah Meng - famous Sumatran Orangutan

Almost as tall as Carlton!

Wild Dogs

Cheetah

Cute elephant decorations on railings

Lots of red butts!

Kangaroo

Red Kangaroo

Singapore Day Three

On our third day in Singapore we took the hop on hop off bus to the Gardens by the Bay park. This place has over 100 hectares of reclaimed land that is now different gardens areas that is free to the public. They also have two huge domes, Cloud Forest and Flower Dome, that house beautiful exhibits of various flora and fauna. The domes were actually a bit on the cold side (maybe in the 60's) so it felt great to get out of the heat!! There are also Super Trees in the Gardens which are vertical gardens that use solar panels and reclaimed water so they are virtually self sustaining.
First we went to the Cloud Forest dome (after doing an audio tour on a shuttle).

Longest indoor waterfall

Lego Garden

Lion door!

Near the top of Cloud Forest

Magnifying glasses for mini orchids

Stalagmites and stalactites! From here we went into the Flower dome which started off with a succulent garden and an Alice in Wonderland theme.

 Along with many other sculptures that were scattered throughout the gardens.

View from upper level

Partial people sculpture

Near Chinese Gardens

Dragonfly sculpture

Supertrees with the walkway allowing you to get a closer look. We did not do the walkway but you can see people on it - gives you a better idea of how big the Supertrees are.

Giant baby sculpture called Planet

With Carlton in front you get an idea of its size

With Marina Bay Sands in the background

Dung beetle

Fruit bat

There was an area with bushes sculpted into various creatures. Each creature had a crank near it that made the sound of that creature when you turned the crank,

Gorilla

Hornet

Cannonball tree - the pods explode

Flower clock

After exploring Gardens by the Bay for most of the day, we headed over to the Singapore Flyer to get a bird's eye view of the city. It makes one revolution in about 30 minutes and is about 4 stories high. Each car was about the size of a Singapore bus....we are guessing they meant a short bus. They were probably about 20 feet long and ten feet wide. Thankfully they were fully enclosed and air conditioned!!

Flyer from the ground

Sports arena

Top of Marina Bay Sands

Gardens by the Bay

Supertrees

Merlion Park

Dragon boats

Downtown

Outdoor concert venue at the bay

Gavin was awake!

Inside the Flyer car

Cloud Forest and Flower domes

Flyer car

We used the hop on hop off bus to get back to the MRT (train) to get home. Took a lot of pictures of the unusual architecture along the way but I will save those for another post. I'll just post a couple pics of the famous Orchard Road which is known for shopping. We did not explore that area since neither one of us was very interested in shopping. :-)

In Gavin news, he is slowly moving into three month clothing and as of yesterday (6/27), he has doubled his birth weight! According to our scale at home, he is now 13 lbs and 3 oz.