CANAL

Today's weather - sunny

I love this monsoon canal because it supports a high diversity of aquatic plants, such as the Nymphaea sp. (common name: Water Lily), Ludwigia sp. and so on. It has to be one of the monsoon canals that is naturally vegetated.


A link on Water Lilies is shown below:


http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/plants/water_lily.htm

LITTLE INDIA MRT

The scenery and landscape around the Little India exit, beside Bukit Timah Road, has changed so much within such a short span of time since they commenced the construction works for the downtown line.

For one, the trees along the center monsoon canal were removed and a temporary road was built on it and the roads diverted and realigned. When I came out of the station, I almost couldn't recognize the place, especially when the bus stop next to the MRT exit was moved outwards by at least 15 m.

The towering cranes were everywhere in sight but the familiar KK Women and Children's Hospital is still visible in the far distance. The Bismarckia and Wodyetia palms are still there across the road at the other exit. On another side, a new condominium is up and the Bougainvilleas are flowering and draping over the parapet wall beautifully, much like the Pelargonium planted in windowsills overseas.

THAILAND - CHIANG MAI

I found more photos on the trip to Chiang Mai, so more photos are attached here.

The first 2 photos were taken on the flight from Singapore to Bangkok's international Suvarnabhumi Airport. Before touching down, I could see the agricultural farmlands at the coastal areas.

We then took the connecting flight to Chiang Mai's airport. I love it that the route to the hotel passed by a canal and surprisingly there were fountains along certain parts of it.

Then there was the hotel room I stayed in and the vacant land across the hotel where I found the Castor Oil plants. It was also the window where I watched the sun rose above the sky. Finally the last photo was the one showing the lunch that we had.