I took many pictures and movies at the Night Safari. Given that I was
shooting at night without a flash at moving animals, I'm surprised they
show anything at all. Nevertheless, some did come out at least to
extent that you make out what the animal is and what it is doing. In
any case, I feel I must declare that I don't think any of these pictures
do the Night Safari experience justice.
Click on images below to enlarge:
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| Lunch in Maxwell Food Centre
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| Lots at all the food stalls in Maxwell Food Centre. And this is only
half the food section of the complex. Nevertheless, this is on the
smaller size for major food courts.
| A 360-degree panoramic movie of about half of Maxwell food centre.
It pans pretty fast but if you time your pauses well, you can read
most of the stores' signs.
| The famous Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice stand, supposedly one of the
best chicken rice stands in Singapore.
| My Hainanese chicken rice: moist, mostly skinless chicken, along with
rice that was almost as good as the last time I had this dish
except tasted a little starchy. On the other hand, it held its shape
more. I ignored the citrus-chili sauce because it was so hot, it
easily overwhelmed everything. The chicken broth, handy for dipping,
was full of flavor.
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| A rojak stall.
| My rojak, a decent mix of tofu, peanuts, cucumbers, pineapple, apple,
and bean sprouts. The tofu was fried yet chewy and the least tasty part
of the dish. The pineapples were my favorite part. Incidentally, the
apple was crisp and under-ripe.
| A drink stand. If you read the menu, you'll notice you're not likely to
find any of these drinks in the United States.
| I went with the traditional: sugarcane juice.
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| Lim Kee (Orchard) Banana Fritters, a famous fried-banana stand. Because
the banana fritters were in a metal tray, I was scared they'd be old,
soggy, and nasty.
| My banana fritter. Despite my worries, it was still fresh, crunchy, and
wonderfully hot and mushy inside. The makansutra got it right.
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| More Chinatown
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| A covered pedestrian street (Pagoda Street) near the Chinatown MRT station.
| I like the purple facade of these restored shophouses.
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| En Route to Singapore Botanic Gardens
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| A bus station outside Singapore's central core faces a nice swath of
greenery.
| Near the Botanic Gardens, trees line the road and the median. I'm in
the mood to give an excellent, and the right two-thirds of the
picture deserves it.
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| Singapore Botanic Gardens
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| A path near the entrance I used (not the main entrance) into the Singapore Botanic Gardens. What a
green tunnel!
| A panoramic movie of Symphony Lake. Listen to the birds.
| Now this is truly excellent, though I find it odd that the grass
in this park is cut like that on a golf course's green.
| Another panoramic movie.
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| Bright greens.
| | An extremely low resolution panoramic movie. I'm not sure why I took
it. Perhaps to record the sight and sound of the fountain?
| This many following pictures are from the National Orchid Garden.
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| Neat purple.
| I imagine people get married here.
| Weirdly twisted, somewhat ugly flowers.
| Many flowers were created or named in honor of famous people who
visited. If I were Margaret Thatcher, I think I'd be offended at having
my name attached to the previous flower.
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| Now that's a pretty flower! Excellent at this resolution.
| Someone who should be honored to have that flower named after her.
| Another warped flower, just to prove the previously photographed one
wasn't a fluke.
| And another person who in my opinion should be offended.
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| | What an awesome, excellent flower and photo. A crisp picture
even in the high-resolution, full-sized image.
| That flower is the National Flower of Singapore. I think the country
made a good choice.
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