Thursday, 27 January 2011

Singapore

We arrived in Singapore and only had 2 evenings and 1 day here. On the first evening we went for a walk around the area we stayed in, which was quite far from the centre, but it didn't matter too much as we got the bus in easily.
The next day we got up early to explore the city, we went around Chinatown and Little India and saw the Ruffles hotel. Unfortunately it rained quite heavily on and off all day, so we spent a lot of time ducking in and out of malls and shops. By the end we gave up and just walked in the rain and enjoyed the bit of cool it brought with it.
That second evening we went to the Singapore Zoo to do the Night Safari. We weren't quite sure what to expect, but we really enjoyed it. We had a tram ride through the rainforest and at times drove so close to the animals that if we couldn't have seen the trench between them and us I would have been very worried.
After this we were allowed to explore on our own down little walkways and got really close to the animals (behind a window of course, but when you see that tiger's head right next to yours, window or no window, it's pretty scary). We tried to take photos, but no flash was allowed and the photos didn't come out great. So we packed it away and just enjoyed the experience.
From here we head to Yogyakarta in Indonesia and this will be our first flight since South Africa in October.







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