After the cable car ride and a very satisfying Transformers 3 movie (my fav out of the three!), we made our way to Night Safari! It was a really jam-packed birthday eh! :) Can you imagine that it was the first time Joe and me stepped foot into Night Safari since it opened in 1994?!
Better late than never! I really enjoyed it! Most of all, it was FREE for me cos it was my BIRTHDAY! (I know you are quite sick of hearing about my birthday already… but oh well ;) And did you know, you can actually get free admission to Jurong Bird Park and the Singapore Zoo too on your birthday? Maybe next year on my birthday, I will go to the bird park in the morning, the zoo in the afternoon and Night Safari at night! ;)
Me feeling so gleeful that I got a special badge to wear too! A closer view of the cool badge! So happy! I proudly wore it till I reached home! Hahah!
Our first stop was dinner at Bongo Burgers. We timed it such that we got to catch the Thumbuakar Performance happening just next to the restaurant. Get the seats closest to the Performance Plaza so that you get front row views and get to sit down too!
The performance was awesome! If fire-blowing, fire-twirling and fire-eating is your kind of entertainment, you got to catch this show! And also, eeer hmm, half-naked tribal looking guys with hot bods doing the above!
Then, it was time for the 40-min tram ride through the park. It was a nice cooling ride and we had a particularly good tour guide who gave an interesting commentary with her radio-friendly voice. We took the tram 2 more times and the other guides couldn’t compare – one put on a fake accent while the other was sapped of energy cos it was almost closing time! No matter, cos we were really only interested in gawking at the animals!
I have no photos to show cos flash photography wasn’t allowed but I can only say I totally enjoyed every minute! It’s like being given a chance to peek into the animals’ night life! It got more fascinating as it got darker, the animals became more alive and came out to play!
When we took the second last tram out through the park, the hyenas were “whooping” away with high-pitched calls. The less dangerous animals like the tapir and barasingha were walking just to the side of the tram and we could almost touch them if we stretched out our hands! The axis deer (with lots of spots like Bambi the deer) all looked up and gazed at us intently when we passed them by. You must also watch out for the striped hyena (different from the usual spotted species), scimitar-horned oryx (believed to have inspired the myth of the unicorn), the pelican and lots more! The amazing creativity of our God! :)
We also caught the highly-entertaining Creatures of the Night Show! Btw, sit tight! U never know what lurks below your seat! Wahahhaha!
All-in-all, I must say that I really had a great time there and I will definitely be back! Most probably, next year, sometime on 8 July ;)
2 comments:
Woooo! Did know these places are FOC during bdae!! :)) u must have enjoyed a lot all the way from morning to night!
Hi Del! Tks for commenting! Heh! Yeah, I also din know until recently only when I was doing research for Joe's bday! And yes, I really enjoyed myself, it felt like I was on holiday! :)
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