It's already February, and one month was gone from the year😬. Greetings everyone. I hope you're all doing great. We plan to visit the flower dome in the gardens by the bay. We haven't been there before and just seen it in my newsfeed shared by some friends who went there. One friend suggests to go there and said the ticket is cheap, only 12$, in Singapore. After we alighted from MRT, we walked the way heading to Flower Dome ( it's far and maybe a 15-minute walk). The sun is shining bright, but we don't care about it, thinking that inside that attraction is fully air conditioned😌. But Of course I take out my umbrella to shed myself from the sun.
We didn't feel the distance as we talked and teased each other until we reached our destination.
We saw there's a long queue for admission tickets. My friend queued to buy a ticket for us, and when it was her turn, we learned that only on weekdays is the ticket priced at 12$! During the weekends and public holidays, it goes up to 36$.
We are sad to hear that. We were not prepared and willing to spend that amount for that day. We left the queue and decided to postpone our plan because of the price.
Since we are there we just explore it's beauty outside where we don't need to pay for the ticket.
This magnificent charging bull symbolizes strength in their economy. The sculpture is a bronze cast by American sculptor Walter Mania, and the one written above from Italy.
This golden garden that I'm trying to find the gold😂. It's the lovely palm trees that give the color of gold when some of the leaves turn yellow. Or the sun's reflection on its leaves. Either way, I didn't find the gold.
We also pass through the children's garden. We just peek through and see children playing accompanied by their guardians.
I guess we're not allowed there because we don't have children with us.
We were disappointed that our plan did not go well. Are we supposed to take off on weekdays just for a cheaper ticket?😁.
After walking far more, we landed at Starbucks to get some ice-cold coffee to beat the heat.
After sipping our coffee I again try to capture a nice spot around the area. I think visiting this place at night is more worthwhile than daytime primarily because of the spectacular lights and sound show.
It transforms this place at night into a captivating world of light that we shouldn't miss.
But we cannot take off on weekdays unless there's a a valid reason and much more on staying late at night.
After this, even though our plan didn't go as we wanted it to, we were still able to enjoy this walk and appreciate those beautiful creations.
I'll end my walk here and wish you all a blessed weekend.
This is my participation in this week's challenge, sponsored by @justinparke.