Singapore – The layover on the way home.

We flew from Kuala Lumpur back to Singapore this morning and have a 17-hour layover before our international flight tomorrow morning. 

We are staying at the airport tonight (there are three hotels to choose from!). Luckily, there is a lot of crazy stuff to do and see in The Jewel, a huge shopping mall attached to the Changi airport.

The Rain Vortex is the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.  Water falls 130’ from a dome in the ceiling. 

The skytrain that connects Terminals 2 and 3 also passes right by the waterfall (and slows down so you get a good view!).

The waterfall is surrounded by the Shiseido Forest Valley, one of Singapore’s largest indoor tropical gardens. The 5 storey garden houses over 2000 trees and 100,000 shrubs.

The base of the waterfall.
Bamboo ‘forest’
Moving blooms, the big flowers “bloom” in and out.
Live planted dragonfly.
dragon sculpture

Dinner was at a steak house with a view of the waterfall.

Dinner @ Jack’s Place
Pokémon store.
We had to take a photo for our boys.

Tomorrow very early we start our 16 hour flight home. We are happy we’ve seen such a diverse bunch of wildlife on this trip. We’ve had such a dichotomy of luxury vs adventure vs stark rooms. It’s been an amazingly great trip.

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One response to “Singapore – The layover on the way home.”

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    Janet A Reid

    And there it is! Beautiful!

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