These orchids, besides having many small flowers, also has a funky stalk. 

Great example of the landscaping and beautiful construction in Singapore's Botanic Gardens. Often on weekends it is common to see families picnicking and strolling along. 

Last weekend, I went to the Botanic Gardens for a short while. The skies were threatening, but I was able to give my new camera a try. Even thought it was low lighting, and I don't have a flash, I was able to capture a few shots.  

This is the Four Friends sailing yacht. Not sure how long it was...54 feet? We had a company sailing outing on Sunday, from the North end of the island to near Bintan, Indonesia, back up to Frog Island again on the north side. The skipper and his wife had fantastic stories....he evacuated her whole family from Vietnam during the war. The food was fantasic, and the 12 hour voyage thoroughly enjoyable. The best way to spend 911 was doing something thorougly enjoyable and appreciating the freedom to do so.

 

Hanging on for dear life! 

This was the second most fun I had on the sailing outage. We rigged up a sideboard cargo net for surfriding. Hanging on wasn't too hard, but especially fun over waves. Climbing back up to the top cross bar to reboard the vessel was the challenging part! 

Piloting through shipping lanes! 

Sailing through Singapore's shipping lanes. 

This is, I believe, the south side of Pulau Ubin. 

Towing kayak and drifters to Frog Island.  

This is how far Mike and Aziz drifted in the tidal current in the time it took me to hop on a kayak and paddle out to say hello. 

While we were moored near Frog Island, we had the opportunity to go kayaking. In this case, the kayak overturned pretty quickly for Mike and Aziz. 

This is the Skipper's wife, Tue....one of the nicest people I have met here in Singapore.  

This is the skipper, Warren Blake, cousin of the Blake that captained one of the America's Cup previous winners.  

This is a shot of me shooting the sunset, courtesy of Keld.