Marina Gardens

It was still raining when we figured we had had enough of wandering through the shops of Bugis Village and thought that standing just back from the bus stop on Victoria Street, we could hail a taxi but, Victoria Street was so busy. By the time we saw a taxi pulling to drop someone off, we weren't successful in getting to that taxi in time to convince the driver to take us as a new fare. We wandered along the block to Middle Road I think it was, to stand just of Victoria Street and hope for a taxi. Barb turned out to be more assertive than I to catch the eye of taxi driver and finally we were on our way to the Marina Gardens (as recommended by Lara)

The taxi driver advised we could walk through the gardens toward another Lara recommendation - the Satay by the Bay. So that is what we planned, a leisurely wander through the gardens to have Satay for lunch, then we could head back the main gardens. It was school holidays but there were groups of children on organised visits by the look of it ...

Luckily for us, and the other visitors, the rain had eased and there were a fair number wandering the paths exploring ...

The sign says Swimming buffalo, gray granite, sculpter Eng Siak Loy and manufactured in China

A disconcerting photo for some (apparently) however an innocent pose on one of the water buffalo sculptures - out on dry land.

Looking down from a rock I stood on to get a better angle on one of the three sculptures of the Kingfisher. There are two of the bird sculptures in this shot.