More walking!

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This morning was just too hot to do anything, so we had a lie in, took a late breakfast and basically sat still in areas with fans.

Heading out after 1pm- missing a lot of the days heat, we headed to Little India to look at some temples and to have a spot of lunch. The temples here are so well looked after, the intricate detail of the monuments are just amazing to look at.

Lunch was a bit novel- we had been trying for some time in Malaysia to eat a traditional dish on banana leaf eating with our hands- we have finally found one in Singapore! It was displayed with several little currys and a portion of rice all placed seperately out on the leaf, although I couldnt bear to get oranged stained fingures and 'bits in my nails' Dan got stuck in! It was a bit spicy for this hot weather, but alot of fun.

Then it was off for our usual track around this amazing city- we could just move here in a second, its just lovely. (Sorry Mum's)

The evening was another great adventure, this time on a night safari. This is considered the 'must do' thing in Singapore and had been recommended to us by several people (including Nicole- thanks, ps your map has come along so useful, so much so we have donated it to other needy travellers, as is the back packer way!)

The Safari park is situated about 30 minutes from the city and opens at 7pm ready for the nocturnal creatures waking up. There are several things to do, but we started with a show in the ampitheatre, getting great seats right under a rope hanging where a Binturong (small bear) came down and hung upside down right over our heads!

After a wonderful show by an owl, wolves, hyenas, otters and more, a volunteer was required from the 500 strong audience to hold a python snake... Dan was chosen, oh my god... it was fantastic, Dan was fantastic, making everyone laugh along with the presenter of the show, it really made the night.

Then it was off on the safari, taking a tram ride around the park, we saw Tigers, Rhinos, Hippos, Lions, Giraffes, leopards, elephants, buffalos and so much more and all without any kind of fence to keep you from the animals, it was fantastic and very clever.

Now, as with all of our nocturnal adventures, there cannot be any photographs taken as the flash scares the animals who have very delecate eyes, so your just going to have to belive us when we say we did actually see these animals- even if there is no proof.

We also had a walk through the rainforest pathways in the dark, managing to find the Malayan Tiger on our own so we got a great close up view of them. We also went through an enclosure full of birds and fruit bats. Remember this is all in the pitch dark - Clare had a few Alfred Hitchcock moments! The fruit bats are pretty big, and they are hanging from things in the aviary - it is very easy to walk into them! One of the best enclosures housed the flying squirrels. We were in the aviary with loads of annoying Japanese tourists, who just wouldn't stand still or shut up so were missing the animals - we could see one of the squirrels climbing up a tree and when he suddenly leapt off, swooping over us to another platform all the tourists nearly had a heart attack - including Clare (even though she was paying attention)

After racing round the site to get back to our transport we had dinner late last night in a funky arabic bar, with live arabic musicians playing in the background. Hubbly Bubbly's all round.

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Comments

[Mum G]

The Python!
Oh my god, its just as well I did'nt know about this before you did it Dan. Seriously though the photo is great, you look so at ease with it. The rest of the safari trip sounds wonderful, would certainly have been up for joining you on this one. Love Mum. x