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Temples to Supertrees, an October Week in Singapore

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Three ornate golden Buddha statues are displayed inside a temple with decorative gold and red walls and dragon murals.

Midweek in our October week in Singapore, and the day ran exactly the way the trip has: temples first, Supertrees after dark. Morning at the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown, where the main hall is gold from floor to eaves — a seated Buddha flanked by two standing figures, dragons painted across the whole wall behind them, lotus lamps burning below.

After dinner we walked into Gardens by the Bay, all of it built on reclaimed land since 2012, with Marina Bay Sands lit up over the treeline on the way in. The Supertrees run up to 50 meters, planted trunk to canopy with ferns and bromeliads, and we got there in time for Garden Rhapsody, the nightly light-and-sound show. Purple and blue washing up through the grove, music from somewhere in the canopies. The OCBC Skyway — 128 meters of walkway strung between two of the trees — glowed overhead the whole time; we stayed on the ground and craned.

Walked out along the water afterward, past the Singapore Flyer standing dark-rimmed against the skyline, still turning.

Three brightly lit towers connected by a curved rooftop against a dark sky, with trees below and a lit Ferris wheel.Giant illuminated Supertrees covered in plants stand against a dark night sky, with a walkway visible between two.Multiple brightly lit Supertrees and a glowing skyway at night, surrounded by dark tropical foliage.A brightly illuminated Supertree at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, with a green-covered trunk and a colorful canopy at night.Several illuminated Supertrees and a skywalk at Gardens by the Bay, with Marina Bay Sands in the background at night.Giant illuminated Supertrees with a curved walkway connecting them, at Gardens by the Bay at night.Several large, illuminated Supertrees at night, connected by a curving walkway, with a distant building and people.Night scene of a city skyline with a large illuminated Ferris wheel and buildings reflecting in the water.

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