Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Christmas lights 2009

Once again Christmas is upon us. It really doesn't seem that long since the last Christmas. The lights of Singapore just amaze us and thought we should share some of the highlights with our family and friends. We started our walk at the Tanglin Mall where we were entranced with the fun the children and adults were having in the "snow"






The lights on the tree here and the decorations were astounding. It was like being in a Winter Wonderland. Then the snow came and the laughter and fun began. We were so captivated we stayed for over an hour watching the families having fun.
We looked up Orchard Road and it was a sea of blue...fascinating and beautiful.Orchard Road had its own entrance at the Ion corner, where the colours changed to an orange/red.
All buildings are decorated and this is Wisma Atria's food republic (a great food court area).

One of my favourite shots looking up Orchard Road.

Even the trees are decorated. They have balls hanging down, lights hanging down and around the tree as well as these lights that seem to drop.


Christmas Trees in Singapore are so different. We even saw one that had used painted shuttlecocks for the decorations!


Takashimiya Christmas tree is one of the highlights.
Paragon had a blue and purple one. The lights on the tree are incredible and there does not seem to be any vandalism happening to them.
Ion ( a new shopping mall at Orchard MRT) had a huge tree outside and we were able to go inside the tree and see the lights of the night sky.
Here Wayne is inside the tree and all the lights are around him.
All along Orchard Road are all these reindeer wearing different costumes and striking different poses.




My own dear had to pose as well!
And it isn't Christmas till you see a jolly fat Santa!

All of this was just up Orchard Road...we have yet to visit other areas of Singapore.

Singapore at night

Wayne and I decided one night to take our cameras for a night walk along the river. So we packed up our tripods and cameras and set off. We started down at Raffle Quay where the Merlion is. Then over the Fullerton Bridge where you look back towards the Esplanade and the Singapore Flyer. and just so pretty for taking photos.Wandering alongside the Asian Civilisation Museum we found the cityscape to be magnificent And then the most perfect hotel for taking night pictures. The Fullerton Hotel...a former Post Office. It was an amazing night of fun and learning.