So, here I am, in Singapore. I’ve been here for a couple of days now and I’ve got to say that the weather’s been rather variable from thunderstorms to rather pleasant sunny weather.
It’s been a fairly relaxing holiday, just chilled out really. Took a stroll along Orchard Rd., did a bit of shopping, met some of Jac’s chums and did some photography.
Bioluminescent Fungi
Visited Venus Drive on Friday night to photograph some bioluminescent mushrooms and other night time critters. The fungi did glow in the dark, were reasonably easy to spot and some glowed more than others. Naturally, I got attacked by some mozzies. Bizzarely, all my bites were on my left arm. I counted four. The swelling has reduced significantly over the past couple of days. Still a little itchy from time to time.
On Saturday, I mostly hung out with Marcus, we had a stroll around Little India and made our way towards the Esplanade by foot to take pics of Scouts as commanded by Jac.
Earth Hour by The Esplanade.
It was also Earth Hour where they kill the lights on some of the buildings in the central business district (CBD) as part of the WWF campaign on climate change I think it is. It’s something eco and green. I did notice some buildings and monuments go out, but not that much.
Singapore Skyline
Anywhoo, I took a couple of snaps of the Singapore skyline to go with my collection of skylines from around the globe and I’ve got to say that it’s a pretty good photo. The sky was a nice graduation of blue with a couple of clouds. While sitting along the waterfront, Jac and I reminised about how when we were doing night photography along the River Thames, it’d be absolutely freezing, we’d be all togged up and still cold. There’d be drunken passer by’s inviting us to Coventry, random guys just standing next to us and we’d be hungry for any tasty morsel of food. Here, I’m just in shorts and a tee, reclining on the steps of the Waterfront.
Tags: asia, earth hour, Singapore, venus drive