A walk around Marina Bay

I have been training for a half marathon, my first ever, for the past few weeks. I was doing pretty good until last week anyway... I pulled a muscle in my leg and I have been limping around since it happened. I am not able to run at all and walking is even painful after a short time so I have been taking it easy and hoping it heals quickly. Since I have been resting my legs I thought I would share a few pictures I have taken recently at the Marina Bay Sands which is close to home.

There are gondolas inside the mall. 

The clouds were so pretty, the skyline is great and I like the reflection in the pond.

The lotus pond is surrounding the Art Science Museum. In the background you can see the Double Helix pedestrian bridge and the Singapore Flyer (giant ferris wheel). The flower is there temporarily as an art installation.

Singapore is the first stop in Asia for the Love and Peace installation. There is one in New York and several in Europe. You can check it out at lovepeaceflower.com 

That is the Marina Bay Sands in the background. The top of the building (the part that looks like a boat) has a skypark, infinity pool and a restaurant. The mall and casino take up the first few floors and the towers are hotel rooms.

Interesting point of view. Love the sky! It started raining seconds after I took this picture. It didn't look like rain was so close. The lotus shaped building is part of the Art Science Museum. 

Happy Friday!

Oh my heavens!

Here are some beautiful skies.

Sunset at Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Storm brewing over Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

Beautiful sunny day in Carlsbad, California

Sunset at Marina Bay Singapore

The reflection of a sunset in the ANZ Bldg, Singapore 

Love the clouds in this picture, skies over NYC. Taken from South Street Seaport looking at Brooklyn.

NYC

(I love) NYC

Tioman Island, Malaysia

Singapore

Sweet Virginia Breeze

The hazy conditions in Singapore forced me out of town and gave me a wonderful week in Virginia (USA). I love coming here to see my family. They live on a beautiful lake in the country. We had excellent weather and plenty of clean, fresh air! Ahhhh deep breath! Enjoy the pictures!

Introducing Tallulah, my new best friend!

I still need to work on my sunset pictures but look how beautiful the clouds are. I'd like to get better at this so the foreground isn't completely lost.

Tall grass and hay bales in the background.

Goose Creek Studio in Bedford.

Cute down town Bedford.

Nice lake/sky shots.

Back home the smoke is clearing as the fires are burning out and I know we are all hoping the worst of it is in the past. I had an excellent week on the lake and will be returning home to Singapore in the next few days. Until then I will take in as much fresh, clean, Virginia air as possible. I have plans to travel to Germany and Denmark in the near future so check back for some interesting photos in the weeks to come.

Sights to be seen.

Here are a few things that you see on a daily basis in Singapore that is a bit off the touristy path. Sort of a behind the scenes but sometimes they are hard to not see anywhere you are. I love them all because this is what makes Singapore so unique.

Cannot go anywhere without seeing cranes. There is so much construction here. I read a book by Lee Jing-Jing titled, "If I could Tell You", I recommend it, great book! When I see these cranes I think about that book. It is about how Singapore's landscape is changing so quickly people feel as if they do not recognize their own hometown. 

A new neighborhood coming along in Punggol.

I like to look at the alleys. The next few shots are alley pics. 

You can even see cranes in the background of the pic below :)

Alley art?

Nice row of shop houses on one of the oldest streets in Chinatown.

Beautiful 5 foot way. Some of the older streets have shop houses with these 5 foot ways to provide a shaded walkway. The first floor is usually a shop or restaurant and the second and third floors can be either shops or homes. 

I love seeing the laundry hanging from the apartments. Most people here do not use a dryer, they just hang their laundry. I wonder how often they loose things?

I know I put up a lot of nature pics but I love that Singapore is known as a garden city. It is very green and pretty, parks are never too far away and there are so many it is easy to escape the city and find a peaceful place to be.

Dragonfly on a lotus flower.

The very small cranes in the background are an oil refinery??? maybe??? I took the pics for the pretty clouds. I was about a minute away from heat stroke and was VERY happy to see clouds coming in!!!