Monday, July 31, 2006
30 July 2006 - Zoo
A nice cool Sunday morning to the Zoo. I baked blueberry muffins the previous night to bring along. Put together a simple lunch for Matthew, as we felt that there wasn't much healthy food available and too expensive. As we were up bright and early and Zoo only opens at 9am, we made our way to the market for breakfast. Three of us shared chee cheong fan, egg prata and cheese pancake for breakfast.
We reached the Zoo at 9:10am. Apparently some of the animals were still resting. The free-range Orang Utans were already up in the trees. We saw 8 white rhinoceros (did not know that we had so many), some wild african plant eaters, zebras, giraffes and the roaring lion and lionesses.
We had a up close and personal encounter with the giraffes. They saw the zookeeper with the leaves to be hang on the poles and thought it was feeding time. They came really close to the giraffe gallery, almost within reach.
The polar bear feeding session was 10:05am, so we made our way there and found the place already packed. Matthew enjoyed watching the bear swimming around in the pool. We took a break and Matthew finished one blueberry muffin. We took the tram to the Children's World and a train from the Play Land to the Animal Land.
At the Animal Land, Matthew had a chance to pat a guinea pig and saw some rabbits.
The goats were noisy and Matthew could imitate their sounds to perfection, really sounded like a goat. Then there were the sheep, the cows and the pot-bellied pigs. We made our way to the train station for our return trip to the Play Land. While waiting for the train to move off, Matthew decided that he wanted his lunch. So lunch it was. By the time he finished his lunch (porridge with shredded xiao bai cai, carrots, tofu and egg), the rain clouds had moved in and was threatening to pour anytime.
It just wasn't a happy ending, as the rain came pouring. As the entrance area was under renovation, the trams no longer stopped there. We got off at the amphitheatre and waited at the restaurant area for the rain to clear. By this time, Matthew had already fallen asleep in my arms. What a wet wet way to end our zoo trip!
We reached the Zoo at 9:10am. Apparently some of the animals were still resting. The free-range Orang Utans were already up in the trees. We saw 8 white rhinoceros (did not know that we had so many), some wild african plant eaters, zebras, giraffes and the roaring lion and lionesses.
We had a up close and personal encounter with the giraffes. They saw the zookeeper with the leaves to be hang on the poles and thought it was feeding time. They came really close to the giraffe gallery, almost within reach.
The polar bear feeding session was 10:05am, so we made our way there and found the place already packed. Matthew enjoyed watching the bear swimming around in the pool. We took a break and Matthew finished one blueberry muffin. We took the tram to the Children's World and a train from the Play Land to the Animal Land.
At the Animal Land, Matthew had a chance to pat a guinea pig and saw some rabbits.
The goats were noisy and Matthew could imitate their sounds to perfection, really sounded like a goat. Then there were the sheep, the cows and the pot-bellied pigs. We made our way to the train station for our return trip to the Play Land. While waiting for the train to move off, Matthew decided that he wanted his lunch. So lunch it was. By the time he finished his lunch (porridge with shredded xiao bai cai, carrots, tofu and egg), the rain clouds had moved in and was threatening to pour anytime.
It just wasn't a happy ending, as the rain came pouring. As the entrance area was under renovation, the trams no longer stopped there. We got off at the amphitheatre and waited at the restaurant area for the rain to clear. By this time, Matthew had already fallen asleep in my arms. What a wet wet way to end our zoo trip!
