When Venus meets Jupiter on the Capitol... under a New Moon...

Just had to take this photo and post it. The New Moon is always special (!), and this month he had company. Venus and Jupiter. Though I know for a fact they have started to drift apart.
Mum, this photo is for you...

Meeting Venus

And since I just LOVE night shots, here's another two.

Raffles Hotel

St. Andrew's Church with the Stamford Tower

And no, I haven't had an original Singpore Sling at the Raffles Bar yet (that's where it was invented), but I'll definitely go there soon.

Marina Bay and Esplanade - just a few photos

Yesterday a friend from Switzerland who's been here for nine months took me to the Esplanade on Marina Bay...

... and to the Marina Bay Sands hotel - you know, the cool, ship-shaped one.

And the view from the roof is really marvellous!  

And this one just because I love the shot:

Landed!

Here I am! - After a perfect flight in the A380 that didn't seem like 12 hours at all (so I probably did get some sleep) I was actually surprised to 'already' be landing in Singapore. Then I thought how a big part of my 'co-flyers' in the plane were probably catching a connecting flight to Thailand or Australia and deceided that 12 hours are enough.
When we took off from Zürich it was cold (-10 C / 14 F), cloudy and everything was snow-covered. Arriving in Singapore everything was... dark. It was only 5.45 am, and apart from some lights I didn't really see anything of Singapore. But already the temperature was 27 degrees Celcius / 80 Fahrenheit! I quickly got through immigration, found my suitecase (after being convinced for 20 seconds that it had disappeared) and got into a taxi to my hotel. A nice 10 minutes drive - still dark. Arrived at the Mandarin Oriental - still dark. As Singapore is near the equator, sunrise is around 7am all through the year.
As my room was not ready yet I was treated to a complementary breakfast (Continental, British, American, Japanese, Chinese, Vegetarian, Indian - anything you can imagine!). Around 10 am I deceided to go for a stroll but just then my room was ready and I was escorted to the 16th floor.
Beautiful room - you can even see the Singapore Flyer through the window!

And looking to the right you I am looking straight at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel - I'm already looking forward to a night view this evening!

Oh, and in the front (this side of the water) you can see the yellow and blue seats for watching the Formula 1 race that's running just along the water in front of the Hotel.

I'll only be staying one night at the Hotel and then go to the appartment that will be my home for the next three months...!

Update: It's 8 pm and I just had to post this night-shot as well...