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@@TalesFromOurPocket Do hope you will run into those otters on your visit here. But do give them some space, the only reasons why there are signs about otters is to prevent people from getting too close.. as they might turn aggressive and bite if they have small pups within the group.
wow, had no idea KSMPKS existed--what a special time to be there. every time we've been to Singapore, we'd always say we'd go to the botanical gardens and we still haven't yet, so thank you for sharing it! nerd alert--loved the healing garden's signs categorized by the systems of the human body
Haha, we met someone from Singapore while we were in Bali. They lived not far from KMSPKS and had never been there! 😂 You'll have to visit the gardens next time you're there. The price is right! 😉
@@TalesFromOurPocket Dont be shocked if I tell you KMSPKS is well known in that many who visited there are for cremation, a final resting place for loved ones. There is a crematorium and columbarium there. No taboo for this. The beautiful and peaceful monastery grounds is another reason people visit. And f course Buddhists adherents go there to worship. Its a premier place with many prominent, famous abbots there, all who bestow great blessings upon the people. Lastly that location and many km2 around were formally one of the largest Chinese cemetery in Singapore, now developed into a modern new town called Bishan.
Hi 😊 I went to Singapore more than 40 years ago. I couldn't go to the zoo and the botanical garden. Now I wanna go to the butterfly garden too . Thanks for your great sharing 💖😊
Kong Meng San (hokkien) meant Bright Hill which is why the nearest MRT station is called Bright Hill. It's where ppl put their ancestors' ashes. While it's nice, as a Singaporean it has nv struck me as an attraction.
I can see why it wouldn't be considered an "attraction" for you, and why it would be for us. Thanks for explaining the meaning behind the MRT station name - that's cool! 😊
Ah, my idea of a great start to the day in Singapore. Hit Tiong Bahru market and/or Bakery for breakfast, take the MRT to the Garden's top gate for 9:30, and then walk down the hill through the gardens to Tanglin Gate. From here you can find a bus going everywhere you might happen to want to be (MRT coming soon). I found the City Mapper app just brilliant! Oh, and my tip for making life in Singapore more fun. Buy a bunch of flowers at Tiong Bahru market and give them to the crew at the front desk of your hotel (I'm thinking 3/4 star boutique kind of place here). Maybe some for your room as well. The effect is obvious, and your days in Singapore will be much better.
Wow, didn't expect you guys to visit the temple. Nice! On top of the greenery we currently have, SG is intending to plant 1 million trees by 2030. If you visit Gardens By The Bay, you might be able to spot a family of otters. Another place you can try visit is Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve which is up north-west. It's roughly an hour walk and most nature lovers tend to visit the area for bird watching. There's an odd crocodile or 2 as well as otters that may appear. Also near to the wetland reserve is the Kranji War Memorial where it honors the men and women who died during WW2.
@@TalesFromOurPocket haha, if you realize some of the newer buildings now incorporate greenery into them. Especially public housing. Essentially vertical greenery. Regarding the 1 hour walk, it's how long it'll take to walk in the wetland reserve. You'll still need to take public transport to get there.
Nice to see you guys actually dares visiting non-touristy areas, I feel that it brings you much closer and understand how multiculturalism works in Singapore. In this case, I do recommend you a must go place - Haw Par Villa, you'll definitely love it. Hope to see more of your content!
I think you missed out on the Swan Lake at the Botanic Gardens. It’s easily the prettiest section of the garden. The view from the topic of the slope is especially charming.
Wow your videos of Singapore are really impressive. I have been to Kong Meng Shan Monastery but never had the chance to see the aerial view. It's absolutely beautiful. How did you manage to shoot such a beautiful aerial view of the temple? Amazing perspective. Glad that you went during the Qing Ming festival too. Cheers! 🎉
Thank you! We travel with a drone and used that (but stayed a respectful distance so we wouldn't disturb anyone 😊). Seeing things from the air is so interesting since we usually can't get that view with our eyes!
@@TalesFromOurPocket Really appreciate your explanation. It's really a nice gesture to receive replies to our questions. I'll look out for more of your videos next.
When my kids were younger, we used to visit the water play area at the Jacob Ballas Gardens section every weekend. It's a nice way to cool off in the heat.
We were surprised to not see any weddings being photographed while we were there, but perhaps now people go for the more dramatic backgrounds (like, apparently, the Cloud Forest?)?
Great videos and I like how you take the trouble to learn the history of all the places you visit and share that info on UA-cam. As for the scent you keep smelling, I’m wondering if that’s the smell of pandan leaves which grow in abundance in the Botanic Gardens.
You might want to check out the Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle. It's in the Jurong part of Singapore. It's on my list when we get back to that part of the world. Also, get over to Malaysia if you can. Melaka and Penang are amazing. I'm a little homesick, actually. We were in Malaysia from 2009-13.
Wow your both right Singapore botanical garden was just fabulous so many different elements to it. Would definitely be adding this to our places to go if we are in Singapore 🇸🇬. And the beauty of architecture on the monastery was great a real spiritual place. A great video guys and thanks for having us along greetings from England 🇬🇧. Beth and Simon ❤️💚💛
Yours is the first vlog I've come across that shows the monastery! Like many others, never knew it existed. When I visit S'pore again next year, will have to go there! Just curious, how did you find out about it? Was it featured in a tourism brochure?
Well.. it's interesting for us local as well. Personally, I know of Kong Meng San (KMS) mostly as a columbarium. The more touristy temple in Singapore would be the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple closer to Chinatown in your previous video. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Tooth_Relic_Temple_and_Museum Nevertheless, I think it's quite an experience to visit KMS during Qing Ming Festival for a local experience. :)
We were and we weren't! It's so big that it was easy to feel alone - and it's a little out of the way from other tourist things. We were surprised to not see more locals taking advantage of the space.
I think partly because there're so many parks all over Singapore, we don't really need to travel all the way to the Botanic Gardens to enjoy some respite from city life! The Botanic Gardens is more crowded on the weekends though but it looks like you guys were there on a weekday?
If you are a orchid lovers, it is worth visiting as there are many unique hybrids and the VIP section is pretty interesting as special cultivated orchids are named after the official VIPs and famous visitors to Spore.
Welcome to Singapore. In fact, we're lucky to have a responsible gov that is always having forward-looking eyesight. We have different gardens or park to serve diff locations/community. If u have time, try East coast, Jurong chinese garden, Sengkang n Punggol park, etc. U could cycle along park connectors as well.
Hi there, Heather and Bill, first of all I'm glad you enjoyed Singapore. I follow several visitor videos to Singapore and yours is hands-down one of the best! From the production pov, good intervals and signpost with helping location tags and prices of food supertitles. From the content perpspective, your videos are well-researched and share helpful tips, I like the way you film the buddhist temple respecfully. Hope you enjoy the rest of Asia! :) I can't wait to view your other videos and vicariously visit other parts of the world through your lens :) Cheers! 😘
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@@TalesFromOurPocket You're welcome! You do it so well, I suspect you guys are broadcasters or video film-makers by profession 😊 Next time you're in Singapore, buzz me if u need any tips or advice, cheers! :)
Hi.. Is quite weird you pick this temple to visit, which is quite off the way and is not touristy area. Glad you enjoy the place and see the event qing ming which is a common festival in Asia. Hope you enjoy your stay.
Yeah KMS aka Bright Hill Temple is quite a very uncommon visit for tourists. And I think locals also didn't deliberately visit it. Most went there for prayers to ancestors. A small numbers are part of the Buddhism club there. I like to see their turtle pool there.
@@TalesFromOurPocket the turtle pool was renovated before. Used to have much more. Later they downsized it and placed very tall glass barricades. And urged people not to release anymore
You stumbled on a day when Bright Hill Temple is doing an official Qing Ming prayers with neatly arranged offerings. The people need to pay probably a substantial sum of money for the temple to pray for them. The sight you missed is during the other days when people brought there own things to pray. It would be a more haphazard and crowded sight
Wow, this video is great. We visited the monastery during the early of May. When we were thinking from where to start, a visitor helped us in understanding the monastery and their customs. People were very friendly. We have also uploaded a cinematic video, have a look when you get time 🙌🏻
On the weekends you might encounter many bird photographers (including myself) at the Botanic Gardens. Even migratory wildlife enjoy stopping over to chill out! I've never known that Kong Meng San was a place for tourists to visit! How did you guys decide to go there?? It's huge whenever there are religious festivities and yes Qing Ming while not religious is certainly a big thing among the Chinese community here. The ashes of my grandparents are houses in their columbarium so yeah I've been there many times. But I've never thought of it as a sightseeing place!
Oh, that's cool that the gardens are a migratory stop for birds!! What a great space for them (and their bird watchers). ;) I know it seems odd for us to visit KMSPKS, but we like to seek out things that are out of the way...plus we don't have many temples or monasteries in Minnesota, where we're from. Seeing the largest Buddhist one made sense to us! :D It seems like such a peaceful resting place for loved ones. :)
The camouflage palm you mentioned is actually a variegated banana. 😂🍌 The Orchid Garden has many rare orchid hybrids created for important people. Also the Symphony Lake is name as such because the Singapore Symphony Orchestra plays there a couple of times a year. Also the children's garden, known as Jacob Ballas garden, will deny adults without children entry.
@@TalesFromOurPocket Unfortunately you can’t visit the Jacob Ballas Childrens’ Garden unless you have a child with you. It’s to safeguard against sexual predators.
Out of thousasnds of foreigner vloggers videos I have seen this is the first time I see one visiting this Buddhists Monastry. This Monastry is not promoted as a tourist attraction, unlike many countries which feature their churches and temples as one. You guys are open minded and seems to love foreign culture.............
@@TalesFromOurPocket it's located quite in the heartlands unlike the buddha tooth reclic smack right in chinatown. In terms of history, culture and authenticity, kmspks has much more to offer on Mahayana Buddhism.
I’ve never thought of KMSPKS as a place to visit! I’ve been there a hundred times because my grandparents’ ashes are stored in their columbarium. I was there during Qing Ming this year, actually! But I’ve never thought to look around. I’ll check it out next time :)
Aww -- you skipped the National Orchid Garden! The flowers outside may be beautiful, but it's absolutely _breathtaking_ inside. It's my favorite part of the gardens, and I think even better than Gardens by the Bay... Absolutely worth the admission fee. 👍
@@TalesFromOurPocket You will find an orchid variety specially cultivated and named after former President Obama and Michelle Obama, as well as for VP Kamala Harris in her recent visit 😄It's a Singapore tradition for visiting VIPs :)
Odd their trust to monitor dragon walking so close. They havent seen a normal house lizard speed maybe? It is dangerous-lvl and not even in News, reaction/reflex is not normal. It is like: "An anaconda at under block at ..." Smthg like that.
@@TalesFromOurPocket actually I remember strictly, things that fall from the trees also belongs to the state. But it is ok, they don't actually enforce it.
@@SuccessforLifester aw nuts, we thought we were ok in picking up something from the ground. 😔 We definitely didn't want to break rules in Singapore! 😀
@@TalesFromOurPocket From the news - Those who pluck or collect the fruit in a nature reserve or a national park can be fined up to S$50,000 and/or jailed up to six months. ... Not sure if it cover flowers I think it does. All belong to the state.
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I love the fact that despite its limited size, Singapore still strive to make room for nature, both plants and the little and not-so-little creatures.
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@@TalesFromOurPocket Do hope you will run into those otters on your visit here. But do give them some space, the only reasons why there are signs about otters is to prevent people from getting too close.. as they might turn aggressive and bite if they have small pups within the group.
Thanks for the heads up! We'll stay "Otter Aware"!
wow, had no idea KSMPKS existed--what a special time to be there. every time we've been to Singapore, we'd always say we'd go to the botanical gardens and we still haven't yet, so thank you for sharing it! nerd alert--loved the healing garden's signs categorized by the systems of the human body
Haha, we met someone from Singapore while we were in Bali. They lived not far from KMSPKS and had never been there! 😂 You'll have to visit the gardens next time you're there. The price is right! 😉
@@TalesFromOurPocket Dont be shocked if I tell you KMSPKS is well known in that many who visited there are for cremation, a final resting place for loved ones. There is a crematorium and columbarium there. No taboo for this. The beautiful and peaceful monastery grounds is another reason people visit. And f course Buddhists adherents go there to worship. Its a premier place with many prominent, famous abbots there, all who bestow great blessings upon the people. Lastly that location and many km2 around were formally one of the largest Chinese cemetery in Singapore, now developed into a modern new town called Bishan.
The inside of the orchid garden is even more beautiful. Def worth the admission imo!
For sure next time!!
Nice garden
We thought so, too. 😊
Hi 😊 I went to Singapore more than 40 years ago. I couldn't go to the zoo and the botanical garden. Now I wanna go to the butterfly garden too . Thanks for your great sharing 💖😊
It is time to return to Singapore! 40 years is enough time to wait. You would love the zoo and gardens, I am sure of it. 😊😊
Kong Meng San (hokkien) meant Bright Hill which is why the nearest MRT station is called Bright Hill. It's where ppl put their ancestors' ashes. While it's nice, as a Singaporean it has nv struck me as an attraction.
I can see why it wouldn't be considered an "attraction" for you, and why it would be for us. Thanks for explaining the meaning behind the MRT station name - that's cool! 😊
Great video ❤
Ah, my idea of a great start to the day in Singapore. Hit Tiong Bahru market and/or Bakery for breakfast, take the MRT to the Garden's top gate for 9:30, and then walk down the hill through the gardens to Tanglin Gate. From here you can find a bus going everywhere you might happen to want to be (MRT coming soon). I found the City Mapper app just brilliant!
Oh, and my tip for making life in Singapore more fun. Buy a bunch of flowers at Tiong Bahru market and give them to the crew at the front desk of your hotel (I'm thinking 3/4 star boutique kind of place here). Maybe some for your room as well. The effect is obvious, and your days in Singapore will be much better.
This day sounds amazing!! I love the tip about the 💐 flowers! 😊
Love love love gardens...thanks for inspiring us to visit Singapore! New subs here
Yay! Yes, spend more than just a few days there! 😊
Wow, didn't expect you guys to visit the temple. Nice! On top of the greenery we currently have, SG is intending to plant 1 million trees by 2030. If you visit Gardens By The Bay, you might be able to spot a family of otters. Another place you can try visit is Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve which is up north-west. It's roughly an hour walk and most nature lovers tend to visit the area for bird watching. There's an odd crocodile or 2 as well as otters that may appear. Also near to the wetland reserve is the Kranji War Memorial where it honors the men and women who died during WW2.
Holy cow, where are they going to put all those trees?! 😮 Thanks for all the tips!
@@TalesFromOurPocket haha, if you realize some of the newer buildings now incorporate greenery into them. Especially public housing. Essentially vertical greenery. Regarding the 1 hour walk, it's how long it'll take to walk in the wetland reserve. You'll still need to take public transport to get there.
What fortunate timing to see this video.
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Your sense of smell is really on another level, that's Nirvana
Haha, thank you!
Nice to see you guys actually dares visiting non-touristy areas, I feel that it brings you much closer and understand how multiculturalism works in Singapore. In this case, I do recommend you a must go place - Haw Par Villa, you'll definitely love it. Hope to see more of your content!
Thank you so much!! ❤️
I think you missed out on the Swan Lake at the Botanic Gardens. It’s easily the prettiest section of the garden. The view from the topic of the slope is especially charming.
I think you're right and we missed that! The gardens were so big! 😭😍
Beautiful Singapore beautiful 👌
So much to enjoy!
I used to live next door to Kong Meng San Phor, I sure miss Bishan
Wow, what a beautiful complex to have lived next to!
Thanks.
Wow your videos of Singapore are really impressive. I have been to Kong Meng Shan Monastery but never had the chance to see the aerial view. It's absolutely beautiful. How did you manage to shoot such a beautiful aerial view of the temple? Amazing perspective. Glad that you went during the Qing Ming festival too. Cheers! 🎉
Thank you! We travel with a drone and used that (but stayed a respectful distance so we wouldn't disturb anyone 😊). Seeing things from the air is so interesting since we usually can't get that view with our eyes!
@@TalesFromOurPocket Really appreciate your explanation. It's really a nice gesture to receive replies to our questions. I'll look out for more of your videos next.
Thank you so much. 😊 😊
When my kids were younger, we used to visit the water play area at the Jacob Ballas Gardens section every weekend. It's a nice way to cool off in the heat.
That sounds fun! 😊
Botanic Garden used to be a popular place for wedding couples to have their outdoor wedding photos taken.
We were surprised to not see any weddings being photographed while we were there, but perhaps now people go for the more dramatic backgrounds (like, apparently, the Cloud Forest?)?
Great video taking at the Botanic Garden. Lots of work!
Thank you so much!!
Great videos and I like how you take the trouble to learn the history of all the places you visit and share that info on UA-cam. As for the scent you keep smelling, I’m wondering if that’s the smell of pandan leaves which grow in abundance in the Botanic Gardens.
Thank you!! Others think it could be the pandan leaves, too - so, maybe??
You might want to check out the Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle. It's in the Jurong part of Singapore. It's on my list when we get back to that part of the world. Also, get over to Malaysia if you can. Melaka and Penang are amazing. I'm a little homesick, actually. We were in Malaysia from 2009-13.
Thanks for the recommendations!
Wow your both right Singapore botanical garden was just fabulous so many different elements to it.
Would definitely be adding this to our places to go if we are in Singapore 🇸🇬.
And the beauty of architecture on the monastery was great a real spiritual place.
A great video guys and thanks for having us along greetings from England 🇬🇧.
Beth and Simon ❤️💚💛
Yes, we would def recommend a visit to the Botanical Gardens if you go! It probably takes less time to get to Singapore from England than from the US?
Yours is the first vlog I've come across that shows the monastery! Like many others, never knew it existed. When I visit S'pore again next year, will have to go there! Just curious, how did you find out about it? Was it featured in a tourism brochure?
Yay!! I love it when we are able to find somewhere others don't go. 😁 I learned about it from a blog called Trevallog! It was such a fun find.
Well.. it's interesting for us local as well. Personally, I know of Kong Meng San (KMS) mostly as a columbarium. The more touristy temple in Singapore would be the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple closer to Chinatown in your previous video.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Tooth_Relic_Temple_and_Museum
Nevertheless, I think it's quite an experience to visit KMS during Qing Ming Festival for a local experience. :)
Looking forward to see the rest of your trip :)
Thank you!!
So interesting n great content
Thanks!
Were you surprised at how few people there were at the botanical garden? It didn't seem very populated. Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!
We were and we weren't! It's so big that it was easy to feel alone - and it's a little out of the way from other tourist things. We were surprised to not see more locals taking advantage of the space.
I think partly because there're so many parks all over Singapore, we don't really need to travel all the way to the Botanic Gardens to enjoy some respite from city life! The Botanic Gardens is more crowded on the weekends though but it looks like you guys were there on a weekday?
@@xeenslayer yes, were there on a weekday. Having so many parks, I guess what you say does make sense about not needing to travel to the large one!
If you are a orchid lovers, it is worth visiting as there are many unique hybrids and the VIP section is pretty interesting as special cultivated orchids are named after the official VIPs and famous visitors to Spore.
I wish we had visited the orchids. 😭 Next time we definitely will!
Welcome to Singapore. In fact, we're lucky to have a responsible gov that is always having forward-looking eyesight. We have different gardens or park to serve diff locations/community. If u have time, try East coast, Jurong chinese garden, Sengkang n Punggol park, etc. U could cycle along park connectors as well.
We love bicycling! Cycling along that one path that strings along Singapore (is that the park connectors?) sounds fun. 😊😊
Hi there, Heather and Bill, first of all I'm glad you enjoyed Singapore. I follow several visitor videos to Singapore and yours is hands-down one of the best! From the production pov, good intervals and signpost with helping location tags and prices of food supertitles. From the content perpspective, your videos are well-researched and share helpful tips, I like the way you film the buddhist temple respecfully. Hope you enjoy the rest of Asia! :) I can't wait to view your other videos and vicariously visit other parts of the world through your lens :) Cheers! 😘
Oh gosh, thank you so much!! You've mentioned a number of things we spend a lot of time on! Filming, research, editing - it all takes a lot of work and it's so nice to hear you call these things out. Thank you! 🙏🏻😊🙏🏻
@@TalesFromOurPocket You're welcome! You do it so well, I suspect you guys are broadcasters or video film-makers by profession 😊 Next time you're in Singapore, buzz me if u need any tips or advice, cheers! :)
Hi.. Is quite weird you pick this temple to visit, which is quite off the way and is not touristy area. Glad you enjoy the place and see the event qing ming which is a common festival in Asia. Hope you enjoy your stay.
Haha, yes, we enjoy seeking out places that are out of the way! Sometimes they end up being the most amazing places. 😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket I guess you must be in other country by now. Bangkok? Haha
Love the video! hope the hot weather was tolerable :)
We melted, put ourselves back together, and melted again! 😂 (it was tolerable) 😁
I walk through botanic gardens every week, if you go during the evening time around 5-6pm you may spot some otters, they have a "fixed" route they use
Oh neat! Do people line up to watch them? They're so cute. 😍
@@TalesFromOurPocket not really line up, but there would usually be a small crowd as well as photographers
Yeah KMS aka Bright Hill Temple is quite a very uncommon visit for tourists. And I think locals also didn't deliberately visit it. Most went there for prayers to ancestors. A small numbers are part of the Buddhism club there. I like to see their turtle pool there.
I think we missed the turtle pool - dang! I do think we were the only tourists. 😁
@@TalesFromOurPocket the turtle pool was renovated before. Used to have much more. Later they downsized it and placed very tall glass barricades. And urged people not to release anymore
@@TalesFromOurPocket I suddenly remembered I captured it in my video. Just search for bright hill temple visit Sean
great content in singapore..nice!!Good job!
Thank you! 🙏🏻
There is also a separate children's garden next to the Botanic gardens.
You stumbled on a day when Bright Hill Temple is doing an official Qing Ming prayers with neatly arranged offerings. The people need to pay probably a substantial sum of money for the temple to pray for them. The sight you missed is during the other days when people brought there own things to pray. It would be a more haphazard and crowded sight
That would be fun, too! I'm guessing there aren't as many offerings on those other days?
@@TalesFromOurPocket you will see different assortments, some a lot,some simple, very crowded, people waiting for table spaces, etc
A trivia, there is actually a roof swimming pool there at bright hill temple
WHAT?!? 😲
Wow, this video is great. We visited the monastery during the early of May. When we were thinking from where to start, a visitor helped us in understanding the monastery and their customs. People were very friendly. We have also uploaded a cinematic video, have a look when you get time 🙌🏻
Agreed - everyone at the monastery was so helpful and friendly. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, too!
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Hi Captain!! Your videos keeps me up😆 all night Creatively, content. I've shared this to my friend. Great effort!! Watched till the end i did.
Thanks!!
On the weekends you might encounter many bird photographers (including myself) at the Botanic Gardens. Even migratory wildlife enjoy stopping over to chill out!
I've never known that Kong Meng San was a place for tourists to visit! How did you guys decide to go there?? It's huge whenever there are religious festivities and yes Qing Ming while not religious is certainly a big thing among the Chinese community here. The ashes of my grandparents are houses in their columbarium so yeah I've been there many times. But I've never thought of it as a sightseeing place!
Oh, that's cool that the gardens are a migratory stop for birds!! What a great space for them (and their bird watchers). ;)
I know it seems odd for us to visit KMSPKS, but we like to seek out things that are out of the way...plus we don't have many temples or monasteries in Minnesota, where we're from. Seeing the largest Buddhist one made sense to us! :D It seems like such a peaceful resting place for loved ones. :)
The camouflage palm you mentioned is actually a variegated banana. 😂🍌
The Orchid Garden has many rare orchid hybrids created for important people.
Also the Symphony Lake is name as such because the Singapore Symphony Orchestra plays there a couple of times a year.
Also the children's garden, known as Jacob Ballas garden, will deny adults without children entry.
Hahaha, that was a banana plant?! Someone told us there's an Obama orchid in the orchid garden! Thanks for all the great info!
nice. happy.
Thank you!
I think you missed out 2 portions of the Botanic Gardens - Jacob Ballas and the Gallop Extension. Both are quite interesting too
The Botanic Gardens are sooooo big!! I guess it's always good to have things to return for?! 😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket Unfortunately you can’t visit the Jacob Ballas Childrens’ Garden unless you have a child with you. It’s to safeguard against sexual predators.
@@Aegyogirl69 👍👍 makes total sense!!
is$15 for a reason. The Tooth Relic Tenple is nice to visit too
I'm sure it was worth the $15! We visited Tooth Relic but they were strict about no filming. It was also impressive!
@@TalesFromOurPocket Yes. The photography restrictions seemed to happen in recent years. It wasn't like that in the early years.
Beautiful couple.
Thanks 😊
U can take mrt here n alight at any station u like. Every station u stop here there are shopping mall. 🙏 Take care n hope u guys enjoy your trip here.
Having the malls at the MRT stations is so convenient! Thank you. :)
So proud of the Singapore Botanic Gardens
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If u lucky enough , u can meet otters at marina n other part of singapore. They are ranning free around singapore 😅
I am glad you enjoyed your stay. Where is next? Thailand?
First, more 🇸🇬 Singapore! 😉
Out of thousasnds of foreigner vloggers videos I have seen this is the first time I see one visiting this Buddhists Monastry. This Monastry is not promoted as a tourist attraction, unlike many countries which feature their churches and temples as one. You guys are open minded and seems to love foreign culture.............
Thank you!! I'm so glad we were able to visit something unique that other tourists don't make it to! 😊😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket Indeed.........And its peaceful and beautiful there. U are blessed.
Thanks for sharing. I can't stand to visit Singapore 🤗
Singapore is amazing! :)
@@TalesFromOurPocket Amazing & Expensive 😁
Haha, that too. 😉
Btw they have a sacred Bodhi tree
This temple is an approved STPB tourist landmark.
...which is funny because so few tourists go there, and so many people are surprised we went! 😁
@@TalesFromOurPocket it's located quite in the heartlands unlike the buddha tooth reclic smack right in chinatown. In terms of history, culture and authenticity, kmspks has much more to offer on Mahayana Buddhism.
Hi guys, there is a typo in your title, it should be KMSPKS :)
Good golly, thank you!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙈
I’ve never thought of KMSPKS as a place to visit! I’ve been there a hundred times because my grandparents’ ashes are stored in their columbarium. I was there during Qing Ming this year, actually! But I’ve never thought to look around. I’ll check it out next time :)
Do you recall seeing 2 Americans running around? That was us. 😂 But yes, you should look around - it's really so beautiful!! 😊
Aww -- you skipped the National Orchid Garden! The flowers outside may be beautiful, but it's absolutely _breathtaking_ inside. It's my favorite part of the gardens, and I think even better than Gardens by the Bay... Absolutely worth the admission fee. 👍
Next time we for sure won't skip it!! 😊
It has ac too. Thats the best part
@@TalesFromOurPocket It is like a very small version of flower dome with orchids as the focus
@@TalesFromOurPocket You will find an orchid variety specially cultivated and named after former President Obama and Michelle Obama, as well as for VP Kamala Harris in her recent visit 😄It's a Singapore tradition for visiting VIPs :)
Oh, that's such a neat tradition!! I look forward to seeing them sometime. 😊😊
Those are wild otters. Please do not stand too near if u happen to meet. Good luck 🤞
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Well I went to Botanic Gardens 2 days ago and I saw a rainforest?
Yeah, there's a Rain Forest area, too - the place is absolutely huge!!
Pls come to visit malaysia. Its a nice place to visit.
It's on the list! :D
Why would any guy wants to cure flatulence?
😂😂😂
Odd their trust to monitor dragon walking so close. They havent seen a normal house lizard speed maybe? It is dangerous-lvl and not even in News, reaction/reflex is not normal. It is like: "An anaconda at under block at ..." Smthg like that.
Actually there's a rule of NO PLUCKING OF PLANTS at botanic garden or at any park.
We saw that! The flower behind my ear was taken from the ground. We didn't pluck anything. 😊
@@TalesFromOurPocket actually I remember strictly, things that fall from the trees also belongs to the state. But it is ok, they don't actually enforce it.
@@SuccessforLifester aw nuts, we thought we were ok in picking up something from the ground. 😔 We definitely didn't want to break rules in Singapore! 😀
@@TalesFromOurPocket From the news - Those who pluck or collect the fruit in a nature reserve or a national park can be fined up to S$50,000 and/or jailed up to six months. ... Not sure if it cover flowers I think it does. All belong to the state.
You missed the historical comment of the red bricks i
You're right! 😭
@@TalesFromOurPocket there a few more of past histories
Haha thats nt camouflage palm. That was a banana tree. Musa banana varigation
It certainly looked like camo! 😂 😂
What! No martial monks showing off their kung fu at the temple? I'm so disappointed.
Hahaha, right?! Maybe they were hidden in a room somewhere...
HUMID, BORING, AND VERY UNHAPPY NATION... YEW THINK ONLY ME??? WELL NO ONE STOP YEW ALL
Sorry you think that - we really enjoyed visiting. 😊
Thanks.