Night Safari

Went to the Night Safari (NS) just now, taking advantage of the 50% discount coupon on ST, and the fact that Tj's parents weren't in town so he had the car. But we still ended up paying $18, which wasn't tt cheap, but better than $28. Not complaining, cos we thought it was well worth the money. I have been there, but it was in the early days of NS, and it was with my parents and some overseas friends, so it was just tram ride and go home. Today we went on the 45 min tram ride, had fun looking at ALOT of cool animals, it seemed that we were lucky and managed to see majority of the animals, even got to see a rhino in the open (they usually wallow in the mud to coat their sensitive skin and protect it from extreme heat (s'pore's weather) and mosquitoes and all). well it was a nice cool night, and i guess after the long drizzle it really got pretty cooling, which made the walk around the various trails more comfy... even made it for the 11pm animal show...

i enjoyed myself cos it's nice seeing animals in a "natural" habitat (you may argue with me abt this, but at least they are safe from poachers and destruction of their wild habitats) and it's just sad that perhaps my children may not get to see them next time, so don't buy wild animal products and wear fur and eat sharks' fin and all tt... unfortunately we didn't take any pics because it's dark in NS (simulate their natural habitat) and they didn't allow flash photography (cos it's not a good idea to startle the animals)... so we ended uptaking photos of us with stuffed toys in the gift shop (this is starting to be a trend)

saw quite alot of tourists there... i think it's nice to be a tourist once in a while in your own country, to look at s'pore from fresh new eyes. next up: pedalubin and macritchie treetop walk (part 2). hope tt does materialise...