Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

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Atlantide once more for dinner.






For starters Mrsdrron had the laced king prawn and I the lobster salad. I then had the leek soup.




We both had the lobster for main.


Mrsdrron then told the restaurant manager George to sit and have a talk. She must be obeyed.

We then had the nights chocolate, blueberry dessert.

 

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Back to our room and the night lights.

 

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We spent the next day in Singapore and we both went on the Lakeside Gardens and Urban Farming Excursion. The lakeside Gardens are on the site of the old Jurong Bird Park which we visited first nearly 50 years ago. It closed in January this year and basically very little remains. It was moved to Mandai near the zoo.
The Urban farming part was very interesting and informative.

First views from the bus on the way to the Gardens. not surprisingly high rise is predominate.

 

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Then an hours walk around the Jurong Lake gardens in the heat. Only a small area covered. A few flowers.


















The lake is still there.

 

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Harvesting the water hyacinth.

 

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Now time to get on the bus and travel to the north west of the island. Not a usual tourist destination.

 

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Now came the interesting part of the tour. Intensive agriculture.
Some pictures of the set up.


And some information.








Here was our guide and boss of the farm. A really informative talk and thoughts on the future.

They incorporate fish farming on the ground floor of their vegetables. They are looking to incorporate furnished rooms fr fsrm stays -but the demo unit was far too sqeezy.
A restaurant is on the plans.
Also looking into the feasibility of growing meat.






Then taken on a tour of one of the units.

 

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Everything is monitored at a central station - temperature, humidity etc.


Note the yellow plastic. It is for catching insects on it's sticky surface.
Now the simple system for rotating the plants.

 

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They have connections around the world to develope technology.


The Farm stay unit. Way too squeezy.




Spare area so they grow some indoor plants for sale.

 

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Fish farm.






A nearby neighbour has 8 stories of fish farms.
Map showing the position of the farm at the top left of Singapore.


The green area is a military reserve. currently major roads being built plus a new Air Force base.


They have patented this system.


Some outdoor farming using the land until more systems built.

 

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So now it is a long drive by Singapore standards back to the ship.




A new metro line being built.














An older block of units.

 

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We arrived back at the ship in time for lunch at Atlantide.




Mrsdrron had the Avocado and prawns whilst I had the papaya salad. Both were nice.



Then she went for the veal.


And I the chicken korma.


We were both happy.
To finish she had the banana dish and I the cheesecake.

 

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@drron are the buildings in the last 2 pictures in #692 residential?

 

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For dinner with 4 of our Trivia partners it was La terraza for dinner. The first appearance for us of the abbreviated menu. We were told it is to be fleet wide.






Mrsdrron had the fish of the day and I the fillet. Not quite as good as Atlantide.






To finish Mrsdrron had the cheesecake and I had cassata.

 

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@drron are the buildings in the last 2 pictures in #692 residential?

Well the building in the last 2 pictures is famous and has won building of the year awards.

Singapore’s The Interlace Named World Building Of The Year | IndesignLive.sg

The Interlace designed by Ole Scheeren has been awarded the top prize at World Architecture Festival 2015 for its radical take on high-rise living.

www.indesignlive.sg

 

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The next 2 days were sea days. We left Singapore at 6pm on our second day there.

 

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This housing is on the land that surrounded the Keppel dry docks.












Sail away continues. The view back to the dock.






The yacht comes with it's own chopper.

 

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