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A panoramic view of the clouds rolling across the mountains in the Blue Mountains & John Crow National Park, Jamaica.
While looking for Quetzals... The cloud forest was an amazing place to be. Some trees have up to 200 species of plant growing on them, such that you can't even see the host tree. Others have been completely consumed by Strangler Fig, rainbows lasted all day and went in to the night thanks to a bright moon.
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About Garden by the Bay
Gardens by the Bay consists of three distinctive waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central, spanning a total of 101 hectares. They are set in the heart of Singapore’s new downtown Marina Bay, encircling the Marina Reservoir like a green necklace. The Gardens will complement the array of attractions around Marina Bay.
Gardens by the Bay is an integral part of a strategy by the Singapore government that further transforms Singapore from a ‘Garden City’ to a ‘City in a Garden’, in which the city is woven into a green and floral tapestry. This aims to raise the quality of life in Singapore with a more holistic and all-encompassing programme that enhances greenery and flora in the city. First announced to the public by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally in August 2005, Gardens by the Bay will become Singapore’s premier urban outdoor recreation space, and a national icon.
An international competition for the design of the master plan was held in January 2006 to elicit the best designs for the Gardens. This attracted more than 70 entries submitted by 170 firms from 24 countries, from which two firms – Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter – were eventually awarded the master plan design for the Bay South and Bay East Gardens respectively.
The Gardens are being developed in phases. Bay South is currently being constructed and is slated to be completed by June 2012. Bay East has been developed as an interim park in support of the Youth Olympic Games 2010, and is scheduled to open to the public in late 2011 or early 2012. The full master plan implementation of Bay East and the development of Bay Central are part of the next phase of development.
Enter the Cloud Forest, a mysterious world veiled in mist; entirely different from the Flower Dome. A 35-metre tall mountain covered in lush vegetation shrouding the world’s tallest indoor waterfall showcases plant life from tropical highlands up to 2,000-metres above sea level.
Ascend to the mountaintop in comfort by lift before descending via two walkways in the clouds for an aerial view of the canopy and mountainside below. Learn about unique biodiversity and geology of cloud forests and the environmental threats they face within the nine unique zones in this cool-moist Conservatory.
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The Templo Mayor (main temple), also referred to as Tintero (inkwell) because of its unusual shape, is perhaps the most enigmatic structure at Kuélap--it is located at its Southern end. It has the shape of a truncated inverted cone. Its height is 5.5 meters, and its diameter on the top is 13.7 meters. The structure does not have an entrance door, only a small opening on top of it. In the interior, materials used in rituals were found. Recent archaeological studies have shown that this structure served a religious function and was the site of rituals and ceremonies. Moche, Huari and Cajamarca ceramics were found here, as was evidence for human and animal burials.
Kuélap is a magnificent mountaintop fortress and city consisting of about 420 mostly circular buildings, offering living quarters for thousands of residents, built by the Chachapoya culture. Construction began around 600, and the site was occupied into the early colonial period, around 1550. The Incas conquered the Chachapoya culture around 1475, but there are few traces of the Inca culture at this site. The Spanish appear to have had little interest in the site.
Kuélap sits on a remote mountain ridge in the Amazonian cloud forest at an altitude of 3000 meters. The fortress is about 600 meters long and 100 meters wide, and it is completely surrounded by a stone wall that is 20 meters high in most places. It is unclear who their enemies were; perhaps they had to defend against the Huari (Wari) people. The space behind the walls was filled in so the city sits on a man-made platform that has different levels. The fill-in material can be clearly seen where the supporting wall is missing. Kuélap is considered the largest stone ruin site in the New World--larger than Machu Picchu.
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Looking upslope from the Green Lake Trail, Mt Rainier, into the cloudforest, rainforest, whatever you want to call it, I got soaked hiking up there. But it was worth it.
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At the newly constructed cloud forest hut.
Hacienda San Vicente (The Yellow House), Mindo, Ecuador, 2008.
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Cloud Forest, Singapore
World's largest columnless glasshouse in the world. One of two conservatories in Gardens by the Bay. It contains mountain with the waterfall and top can be reached by elevator.
View of the Western wall from the South end of the Kuélap fortress.
Kuélap is a magnificent mountaintop fortress and city consisting of about 420 mostly circular buildings, offering living quarters for thousands of residents, built by the Chachapoya culture. Construction began around 600, and the site was occupied into the early colonial period, around 1550. The Incas conquered the Chachapoya culture around 1475, but there are few traces of the Inca culture at this site. The Spanish appear to have had little interest in the site.
Kuélap sits on a remote mountain ridge in the Amazonian cloud forest at an altitude of 3000 meters. The fortress is about 600 meters long and 100 meters wide, and it is completely surrounded by a stone wall that is 20 meters high in most places. It is unclear who their enemies were; perhaps they had to defend against the Huari (Wari) people. The space behind the walls was filled in so the city sits on a man-made platform that has different levels. The fill-in material can be clearly seen where the supporting wall is missing. Kuélap is considered the largest stone ruin site in the New World--larger than Machu Picchu.