Cloud Forest Gardens by the Bay

Next dome to visit was the Cloud Forest. This explores the highlands, orchids, tree ferns. A giant 35mt man made waterfall and mountain dominates .


what they can do with Lego





walkways suspended around the dome

misting time

gorgeous orchids everywhere

Flower Dome , Gardens by the Bay

After a wander around some of the outside gardens it was time to go into the Garden Dome. Plants from all over the world kept in a temperature controlled environment.




Finally. A Grape Tree

Gardens by the Bay

A trip to Singapore not complete without a visit to these amazing gardens.
To arrive at gardens one approaches via overpasses





view of OCBC Skyway

Singapore

A brief three day stopover on the way back to Albury.
Arrived to a thick smoky haze, never seen Singapore this bad, all courtesy of fires up in Indonesian


Singapore by night



Today much better

Istanbul, final day

Sunday, our final full day, so a lot to fit in.
Blue Mosque in the sunshine



We walked and walked, a couple of wrong turns at the beginning saw a few extra kms added. Finally we got to the underground Funicular and caught it up to the well known and very frequented pedestrian shopping street that stretches for a couple of kms.

The big wheel of the funicular



iconic tram that runs the length of the street

instead of a chocolate fountain this is a baklava, dripping honey, fountain

get a load of this for a police riot vehicle. Particularly disturbing is the scoop thing attached to the front.

Postcards of Istanbul , Today's Characters

Clean shoes, again



Our Turkish Delight and coffee guy. Turkish men love Knud's hat, had lots of offers to swap it.

Balancing act, guy selling Simit, this is a Turkish bread looks a little like a bagel and had sesame seeds

this guy selling tea, haming it up for the camera. Turks have a great sense of humour.

Boat tour along the Bosporus

Before we made out way down to catch the ferry it was time to get a Doner Kebab. Can you believe its the first one for this trip. Actually really quite odd , had chips and pickles in it.

We took a hour and half ferry trip out along the Bosphorus, sun had come out by this stage so city looking extra gorgeous





Atatürk's yacht, recently restored