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Shangri-La View

The sunrise view from our balcony at the Shangri-La

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Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

In the heart of Singapore’s Chinatown district sits the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. This spectacular, elevated viewpoint overlooking the iconic Buddhist temple and museum complex is not immediately obvious

There are public flats on Banda Street which face the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. There’s an accessible staircase at the side which you can head up to a suitably high level. I tried the view from various levels all the way to the top (around 21 from memory). I liked the composition from here which was Level 9 @ 7:25PM

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Paragon

A “simple” pedestrian bridge connecting a car park to the Paragon shopping centre in Singapore’s upmarket Orchard district. Within walking distance of the Shangri-La hotel we were staying at

Fort Canning Tree Tunnel

Fort Canning Tree Tunnel is another of those popular Instagram locations. Indeed even arriving here just after 8AM there was a huge queue of people looking to capture this famous composition to post to their socials With a spiral staircase on the edge of Fort Canning Park, it is capped by this spectacular Yellow Rain Tree As I was by myself I didn’t need to worry about waiting in line to get a turn with my better half in it, so I just lay down in this spot and shot as others took their turn

ArtScience

The Singapore city skyline reflected in the lily pond under the wings of the ArtScience Museum