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Beautiful Borneo

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Our arrival at Kota Kinabalu was reasonably smooth. Got to our apartments and they were a bit of a let down after Treetops in Singapore. Still they were clean and spacious so we managed for the three nights. We had some amazing luck at the shopping mall. Managed to get a wonderful taxi driver with a 7 seat taxi who became our guide for the day. He took us to the floating mosque, Atkinson Tower and Signal  Hill to get the most amazing views over the city. He was able to answer all the boys questions about why the domes on the mosque are blue and the components of the Malaysian flag. The red stripes signify the army, the star is the king and the crescent moon is for Islam religion. The Sabah state flag includes the blue mountains of this beautiful state. However the piece de resistance was the Mari Mari Cultural Village. This is some distance from Kota Kinabalu and contains the traditions and houses from the 5 main tribes of indigenous people of Sabah. We learnt how to cook in
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Goodbye Singapore. Hello Borneo

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Our last few days in Singapore have been a whirl of activity and new experiences. The Gardens by the Bay are just mind blowing. These gardens have been created on land reclaimed from the sea and represent all the plant zones of the world. We did a tour of the outside gardens and then went into two indoor domes. The tropical zone has the worlds largest indoor water fool and you walk down and through and around it on an amazingly spectacular journey. The plants and flowers took your breath away. Such creativity. The flower dome was gearing up for Halloween so lots of pumpkins interspersed between the flowers and plants.   Then outside the fern and orchid tree towers were lighting up. The lights are powered by solar panels on their roof and the gardens contain and conserve their own water. The sound and light show was spectacular as lights danced between the towers. Certainly a highlight of the trip. We were all spellbound by it all. T
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Spectacular singapore

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well we got away ok all arriving at the airport from three different directions at much the same time which was a great relief. Flight was very comfortable, well as comfortable as economy class can be. Arrival at Singapore and customs and immigration very busy. Still our bus was waiting for us and Treetops apartments are fantastic. We have two 2 bedroom apartments with all the bells and whistles. Each bedroom has its own en suite so we are very comfortable. The pool is amazing and we tested it out the first night. We have squirrels in our garden and the resort is very environmentally friendly. On our first day we decided to take it easy so we hit the shops. Two shopping malls later we were exhausted so returned back to the pool. So very hot here. In the evening we went to the Singapore zoo night safari. What a fantastic experience it is. The animals are so close and we all enjoyed it. Only problem was no photographs other than this one from the animal s
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