Must See Jewel Changi Shopping Mall With Waterfall - and Nightly Light Show

The marvellous magical multi-storey fountain is the pioneering pride and joy of Singapore and Sngapore's Changi Airport.

The free to see giant fountain is at the centre of the shopping mall. The mall is like a circle (actually it looks oval from the outside) with the giant multi-storey fountain in the middle.About seven levels, levels, five and two below, depending on whether you consider the car park and ground floor as a level. At night the fountain is lit up with changing colours. The light show adds accompanying music. Free fun for children and adults.

TIME

 Allow half an hour, five to ten minutes to walk or take the train, five minutes to see it at one level and photograph one or more of yourself and the family or friends or colleagues. More time to go to the ground floor or the top. Then the walk or train ride back.

Video of Jewel Light Show by Angela Lansbury.

Waterfall Turning Blue at Jewel, Changi Airport, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Orange Fountain. Changing colours at night, on the central atrium fountain at Jewel shopping mall, Changi Airport, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

We went to Jewel Shopping Mall at Changi Airport in Singapore to see the lights at night.

I was not mad about the music but I loved the light show, with the giant mult-istorey founrtain in the middle of the atrium changing colours.

We went on the linkway from terminal three. You walk along several travelators. If you have already checked in and have your carry-on suitcase and handbag on a trolley, you have to leave the trolley behind when you reach the entrance to Jewel. In addition to signs telling you to do so, the vertical barriers are too close to gether for the widch of the trolleys.

Getting There
We took a Grab vehicle but you can use the MRT which drops you just below the entrance to the linkway.

Useful Websites
singaporeair.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Changi_Airport
https://www.jewelchangiairport.com/
https://www.visitsingapore.com/en/

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Butterflies To See In Singapore

Problems
Where to see butterflies? I saw a white or yellow butterfly flying over the flowers near a swimming pool and pond in Singapore in March 2017. Earlier I had seen huge butterflies in the free exhibit in Changi airport. Where can you learn more about butterflies?

Answers
The answer is the Butterfly Exhibition at the Science Centre in Singapore. I picked up a leaflet from a rack in the YMCA near Dhoby Ghaut MRT station in Singapore, along with several other leaflets on the latest attractions. I noticed that the leaflet was not the usual oblong. Only when I got home did I open the leaflet and realise it was in the shape of a butterfly. I love novelty leaflets and pop up cards. So attention getting, inventive and memorable. The exhibition is at the Science Centre.

Stories
See my previous posts on the butterflies at Changi airport, the butterfly count in the UK and more.

Costs
For my own convenience I am summarising my findings from their long list of admission charges for schools and teachers and others. For the Science Centre alone (without the extra cost, ten Singaporean dollars in March 2017) of the butterfly exhibition), foreign visitors and work pass holders and anybody visiting in busy peak hours which means weekends and public holidays and school holidays, must pay the regular price. However, Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PR - an official status requiring application by working foreigners and their spouses and payment of taxes) can get free admission in the off peak periods.
For more details see:
http://www.science.edu.sg/schoolprogrammes/Pages/EPOpeningAdmission.aspx

Tips
1 Wild Butterflies
You can see butterflies in the wild - or rather the city in Singapore. The climate is hot and 'summery' all year.

2 Changi Airport Butterfly Exhibit
A free exhibition in Changi Airport - allow an extra half hour or so to walk all around the two floors and up and down the steps and to read the exhibits and take photos. Add on another half hour to find the exhibition area!

Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

3 Science Centre, Singapore
The Science Centre Singapore charges an admission fee and the leaflet says there is another $10 (Singaporean dollars) to see the Butterfly exhibition.
Science Centre
15 Science Centre Road
Singapore 609081
www.science.edu.sg
Infoline (+65) 6425 2500

4 Butterfly Park
http://www.jungle.com.sg

https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g294264-d338375-Reviews-Butterfly_Park_Insect_Kingdom-Sentosa_Island.html

Author
Angela Lansbury travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Airport Adventures: butterflies, beer, wine, weddings, gourmet hampers

Choose the right airport and a plane delay is not so bad. You can also arrive in good time and find amusement.

I've not yet found an airport better than Singapore's Changi. Spacious and clean. Any room for improvement? Yes, please put luggage trolleys at all plane exits. Arriving from London you get off with coats and clothes which are too heavy for a tropical climate, booze bought at Heathrow or on the plane, a newspaper or two, plus hand luggage, and a handphone to alert friends, relatives, or taxis of your arrival. You need a trolley. The airport could also arrange for trolleys all the way through.

I must admit I have never noticed the jumbo slide at Singapore airport. Not that I'd have used it. I always wanted to see the butterfly garden but somehow I'm always in the wrong terminal.

Marrying at the airport (Amsterdam) is a good idea. Your family can fly in for the wedding and fly straight out. No problems getting to the airport to fly off for the honeymoon.

Munich airport has a popular brewery and South Africa intends to copy the idea with wine. I though airports sold alcohol. Good for visitors I suppose. You want to keep your wits about you for boarding a plane.

Heathrow is offering gourmet picnics to take on board. That's a great idea.

www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2828922/Taylor-Swift-concerts-outdoor-skating-rinks-site-breweries-butterfly-conservatory-