zoological gardens

It's almost been a whole week since we landed here in Singapore. Time seems to fly faster here compared to the US. The "busy-ness" of the people here doesn't help. Despite the rush of this small city, however, there's still a lot of peace that can be found. In fact, Singapore has many places where tired tourists and natives alike can find peace and quiet. It all depends on what is considered by the people here as "quiet". Singapore's a nice place.

Our party got peace yesterday at the Singapore Zoo. The Zoo hosts some unusual animals for the weather and area. White Siberian Tigers, for example, along with Inuka the polar bear, over 20 penguins, African lions, giraffes, zebras, rhinos, and many other odd creatures for this place...but that's what a zoo is (can't complain!).

Along with our aunt and two of her children, Tatiana (age 10) and Tesla (5), we trekked our way to the zoo. An hour and a half later, (full of MRT rides and a bus) we finally stepped into animal territory. Tesla, upon entering, demanded that he needed a $20 wagon to sit in the whole entire time. He got a stroller instead. That dealt with, we hurried on-- only to run into my nightmare: monkeys. They were hanging high in the trees above the fake gavials (some type of alligator creature) located right after the entrance (see map). I fled.

The rest of the zoo wasn't that bad. Tatiana was chosen to be part of some pet show, we saw tons of beautiful flora (but we focused more on the animals), and watched otters and penguins swim and dance.