Because Singapore sits on the equator, there are no seasons like winter and summer. The temperature stays around 30°C all year. It rains often - sometimes hard, suddenly, and then it stops and the sun comes back. Perfect for plants.
Almost everywhere you look in Singapore, something is growing. Trees line every street. Skyscrapers have gardens on their balconies, on their roofs, and sometimes climbing up their walls. Even motorway bridges have plants tumbling off them.
Singapore made this happen on purpose. Decades ago the country decided that even a busy modern city could be packed with green. So thousands of trees were planted, building rules were changed, and parks were stitched together with leafy walking paths called 'Park Connectors'.
There is even an animal that has made the city its home. Smooth-coated otters - whole families of them - now swim through the canals and ponds of central Singapore. Sometimes a pack of otters will hold up traffic by crossing the road together. People stop to watch and take photos.