Whoa… so I
realised the other day that the last blog I wrote was the very first one in
Argentina but I reckon my dad has made up for that with his funny stories that
make me cry with laughter every time! Anyway here we are 8 months later on are
adventure to South East Asia!
Last night
we went to the Singapore Night Safari. It is the only zoo in the world that has
been designed for night time so you can see some of those creatures you don’t
see in the day at a daytime zoo.
We started our
night time adventure by getting the MRT (Mass Rapid Transport or the train) and
the 138 bus to Singapore Zoo (which is right next to the Night Safari).
When we got
off the bus we walked to the entrance and took a few photo’s, saw two men
dressed up in giraffe suits that looked like something out of The Lion King
musical, watched the fountains, watched Yas being jumped by the fountains (hee hee),
all before heading into a massive queue that looked like the M25 after an
accident (obviously with people instead of cars!). The first thing we did was
the Forest Giant Trail, we sat down and ate tea and got freaked out by the bat
that kept appearing but got our first experience of trekking through the
rainforest! We then went to the next trail called the East Lodge Trail. On this
trail we saw a Malayan tiger that was sleeping, a gigantic hippopotamus
standing up having a wander and a spotted hyenas crouched down looking for food
(which was so cool!!!!). The third trail was called the Leopard Trail. As we
walked through this trail we saw baby otters make a cute screechy noise like
they were hungry, a clouded leopard hanging out in a tree, we saw a lion eating
a huge piece of meat while the lionesses waited to be fed and a spotted mousedeer
that really did look like a mouse and a deer. The 4th and final
trail was called the Fishing Cat Trail this time we saw striped hyena’s, a
Indian gharial (crocodile look a like), scary looking pelicans with huge beak and
a fishing cat which funnily enough is… a cat…. that likes fishing! After all
the walking we went to queue for the Creatures of the Night Show…. but
unfortunately the 9:30pm one was cancelled due to thunder and lightening so we jumped
on a tram that was covered in a tiger pattern and saw some absolutely amazing
creatures... We saw bright pink flamingos standing on one leg to preserve their
energy, 4 giraffes lying down, zebra’s and oryx (goat like things) all in one
massive enclosure. We also saw 5 huge Asian elephants really close up which was
amazing, and lots of different types of deer! (These are all the animals that
stood out for me... there were many more!)
After the
40 minute tram ride with a commentator with a funny twang to her English, we
headed to the 10:30pm Creatures of the Night Show…
This was
one of the almost Disney but amazing zoo shows I have ever seen! There was a binturong
that walk on a tight rope across the audience, otters that picked up litter and
put in the recycling bins and a gigantic snake that was sitting under some
peoples bench (and they didn’t even realise!!) and many more!! I’m not lying… it
was incredible!!
Once it was
finished we ran to catch the bus and headed back to our hostel. By the time we
walked back from the bus stop, went through the shower and tucked up in bed it
was 00:27 according to my iPod! We were all asleep within in the 10 minutes!
One of the
best experiences I have ever had and one I will never forget!
Love
Kaela-J Xx
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