Aug
9

Sustainable Singapore Gallery and Gallery Cafe (Marina Barrage – Part G End)

Geotacs on August 9th, 2009

Travel Geotac #1: Marina Barrage – Part G End
If the heat of the Green Roof (GR), as covered in a previous post,  is too much for you, perhaps you may want to take a tour of the air-conditioned Sustainable Singapore Gallery (SSG) which focuses on how Singapore conserves and manages her water resources as well as how [...]

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Aug
7

Green Roof (Marina Barrage – Part E)

Geotacs on August 7th, 2009

Travel Geotac #1: Marina Barrage – Part E
There are several ways to get to the top of the Marina Barrage (MB) which is called the Green Roof. The above photo shows one way which starts from the Central Courtyard (CC).
Here are some views of the upward path to the top…
Up we go… you can see [...]

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Aug
2

First Leave Home… Go as Far as You Can…

Geotacs on August 2nd, 2009

Perhaps not many people would know who Steve McCurry is. But if you are a reader of National Geographic magazine or are into photography, you probably would have seen this photo of the famous “Afghan Girl”.

It was taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry in Pakistan (not Afghanistan) in 1984 which eventually made it to the June 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine. In [...]

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