A Day at the Zoo

Dear friends and family, sorry for the short break in my posts.  It has been a tough couple of weeks.  Our dear Blue Dog passed away last week as you probably know.  I wasn't quite up for much writing, but today I realized that writing is my outlet and it would do me some good to start sharing again.  And, I have some good ones to share!

This post will be my tribute to Blue by writing about our trip to the Zoo!  Aren't animals the best?  They are all the most amazing creatures.  Weather they are your pets or wild.  I am completely fascinated by them and based on our zoo trip everyone is.  I think everyone was at the zoo the day that we went.  Of course it was a public holiday here in Singapore, Hari Raya Puasa.  So, what is Hari Raya Puasa you might ask?  Hari Raya means 'Celebration Day';  it is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. 

So, with the holiday we decided to go to the Zoo.  We found a bus that takes you right to the zoo.  It was call the Singapore Attractions Express bus, for anyone who wanted to know.  For $22 we had a roundtrip ride to the zoo.  Once there, we realized quickly that everyone had the same idea we did.  Oh well, we had the whole day to explore.  Only 45 minutes later we were in the zoo with a year long membership.  (Next time we'll come on a weekday!)

Busin' it!

The Singapore Zoo is famous for displaying animals in naturalistic, 'open' exhibits, i.e. with hidden barriers, behind moats and shrubbery etc. It also houses the largest captive colony of orangutans in the world.  Were we in for a treat!

Welcome to the Zoo!  (looks like a postcard)

One thing that amazed us was that many of the monkeys roamed free in the zoo.  They would be hanging out in the trees as we walked to each of the animal exhibits.  Even as we at lunch we saw one just hanging out in the tree next to us.  

Hi George, please don't run away!

I think I could write all kinds of things, but I think for this post the best are the photos.  

 You can ride the elephants too if you want.  We didn't, but maybe next time!

 Mr. Kangaroo, so close that we could "almost" pet him.  He went hopping off just after this photo.

 Isn't he pretty?

 Giraffe feeding

 The lions are chillin'.

Beautiful flamingos

Did you know that flamingo milk is pink and that both parents nurse their young?  

One of the best exhibits was the white tigers.  We just so happened along at feeding time.  Wow!  Did you know that tigers swim?  Yep, these 3 did.  Why wouldn't you when it was as hot and humid as it was that day.  Check out the video,  So amazing!

Hungry!

What an amazing day!  We ended up spending 4 or more hours at the zoo it was a great day and a good way to just have some fun!  We look forward to going back when we aren't in the midst of soooo many people.  E slept great that night and so did we.

Till next time - Singapore Zoo!

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” - Gandhi