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23/08/04
13:15 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #1:
A quickie stopover to the Bukit Timah Core portion of the Singapore
Botanic Gardens. The lake sparkles under the bright blue sky, looking
very cool this hot afternooon.
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23/08/04
13:17 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #2:
No, that's not camera phone messing up the photo. It's really a black
swan! The lake also attracts a host of other waterbirds which find
shelter and food in the plants in the gardens. |
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23/08/04
13:19 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #3:
There are intriguing collections of plants scattered about in the
Gardens. This is a collection of various kinds of bamboo, gently rustling
in the breeze. |
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23/08/04
13:20 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #4:
There's also a corner of banana trees. Our native species of bananas
come in a fascinating range of shapes, sizes and colour. The Chiquita
banana we buy from the supermarket is actually imported, and is not
the only kind of banana that exists :-) |
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23/08/04
13:20 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #5:
Some of the bananas in the Gardnes have beautiful flowers! |
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23/08/04
13:22 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #6:
The Gardens appears to be well used even in this hot lunchtime. There
was a gaggle of office girls in the pergola sipping drinks after lunch.
And this determined guy was jogging in the mid-day sun! |
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23/08/04
13:23 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #7:
A large tree flushed with these delicate flowers in two colours is
a wondrous sight. |
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23/08/04 13:26 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #8:
In the Spice corner, lots of fragrant spices like pandan and mind,
and other favourites like these bright red little chillies. |
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23/08/04
13:26 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #9:
And Laksa Leaves looking all delicious and ready to spice a bowl of
our favourite dish. |
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23/08/04
13:28 Botanic Gardens Ecolake #10 (last):
Right next to Ecolake is Food Haven, a food court with a nice selection
of food and obviously popular with the office crowd, judging from
the really full carpark :-) |
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