A Trip to Singapore Zoo

Finally met up with my childhood friend, Jessie, again after a long time (about 9 months I guessed). Jessie had just finished her exam and is having her school holiday now. So envy lor, I want long holiday also!!!

We met up with each other on a Sunday noon for zoo. The last time I went to zoo was like nearly 10 years ago and zoo is one of places of attraction that I really want to visit.

The 2 of us made our trip down to Singapore Zoo located at Mandai Lake Road. It took us nearly one of the half hour to reach the destination. Though the journey time may seemed long, but both of us didn't feel it as we had way to much things to catch up and update on.

Yes, we finally reached Singapore Zoo.

The ticket to zoo costs $22 per person. The ticket is exclusive of admission to River Safari, Jia Jia and Kai Kai, I will come visit you again some other days.

Do you know?

Singapore Zoo is one of the best zoos in the world.

Singapore Zoo has been known for having among the most beautiful wildlife park settings in the world, where animals roam freely in open and naturalistic habitats. It creates a more interactive and upclose experience for the visitors. It brings the animals and visitors together in one space for incredibly intimate encounters.

You will see what I mean later. Super excited to start exploring the zoo. We walked through a forest canopy that brought us closer to the nature and its wildlife.

Cotton-top Tamarin was found swinging around the tree trunk. Hmm, what did the cute monkey found?

With my childhood bff - Jessie.

Though we have not meet for a long time, we still have endless things to talk about. Love meeting up with old friends.

Flamingos next.

Wow, look at their super long stick legs! They can even balance themselves while standing on one leg. 

We passed by the free-ranging area for the Orang Utans.

The absence of walls and the inclusion of the raised boardwalk allow us to have a good angle looking at what the orang utans are doing. It allows them to move and swing around freely too.

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So sad, when I passed by the Frozen Tundra, the exhibit for polar bear was empty. Aww, where did the polar bears go????

4 white rhinoceros eating grass together.

The white rhinoceros have a huge body but a short neck.

The zebra was walking close to us.

They belonged to the horse family and their distinctive black and white stripe makes them unique.

Each of them has their own unique stripe patterns if you look closely.

Looking at the zebras reminded me of a documentary video that I watched recently.

The video was actually about a zebra crossing the river and was bitten by a crocodile. It was a very gruesome video because when the zebra came out of the water, you could see its bloody organ about to detach from its body. Gosh!

A lonely warthog loitering in the grassland. It is a member of wild pig.

It reminded me of 2NE1's song:

"Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely"

We met the tallest living animal  - giraffe.

The first thing that came to my mind was: "Kwang Soo, you are here!!!!"

Wow, giraffe really had a long neck. Not only that, it also had a long tongue where it can reach its nose.

Their patch pattern is to allow them to camouflage and blend in to the woods and bushes.

We crossed over to the cat country and invaded the lion's territory. See, it was roaring. 

Wow, the lion on the left seemed so skinny. But don't be little them, they can kill their preys within seconds.

Lion is also known as the king of jungle, they position themselves as the best predator.

Er, is the other lion looking at me and about to get up? Okay, I better move on before it walked towards me.

Located far in the north of Singapore is the beautiful Seletar Reservoir. 

The scene is so captivating. Our fresh water is surrounded by the adjacent greenery.

A day out with my childhood friend is a day well spent.

We knew each other when we were 4 years old. Waaa, how many years had passed already?

Now I am so old already -_-

Mandrills on the tree trunk.

So many different types of Monkey in the zoo, so hard to differentiate them.

Regretted bringing a small water bottle, I finished it within the first hour. I had to spend $2 to bring a bottle of mineral water. So expensive la.

The weather was super duper hot. Lucky I brought a cap along.

At least my face was not exposed to the blazing sun. 

 Spotted 2 chimpanzees. 

Chimpanzees are actually highly intelligent animals. A multi-tiered timber platform structure with planted fallen tree trucks and a series of overhanging forest vines create a lofty playland for the chimpanzees to exercise and enjoy.

Wow, within an hour, we had already finished half of our journey.

Next, we arrived at Rainforest Kidzworld.

Wow, it was the kids' heaven where they had a splashing good time in a watery playground, spend time with farmyard animals.

At the pony stable.

They looked so poor thing, they had to be separated one in a cubicle.

The cute little goat came close to us. 

There were actually so many little goats.

The zookeeper treated them really good. He hugged the little goats and patted them.

The little boy was feeding the goat with some grasses.

I wanted a shot with the goats too. 

The weather was blazing hot. I need to seek some shelter.

Finally we found a shelter, we were now at the African Penguin zone.

Surprisingly, the African Penguins like warm weather. All of them were up sun-tanning. 

Both of us had a great time visiting the animals. 

Missing the old good time when we hang out together.

The place offered a magnificent view of Seletar Reservoir.

Living in a fast paced society, we always have to quicken our pace in order to catch up with everybody. But sometimes in life, we need to take a break too and take a look at the beautiful surrounding around us. 

We were now at Elepants of Asia waiting for the animal show.

Despite being there 20 minutes earlier than the showtime, we could not found any seat left. So we stood all the way - hot and tiring.

Catch the elephants in action.

Providing unobstructed views of the elephant’s playground, this exhibit is equipped with a number of enrichment devices such as play logs to challenge our elephants physically and to stimulate them mentally.

All of them were moving into the water and came close to the audience.

The residential elephants were all female. They came from Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The elephants were all trained in Sri Lankan language.

I just saw the zookeeper threw the whole papaya into the elephant's mouth. Wow, that was how big their mouth is.

The front few rows were warned as it was the splashing zone.

The area was fronted by a generous water pool where the audience might find the elephants taking a dip or playfully showering each other, even between shows!

Look, the audience came prepared. Umbrella defence.

Time to see the elephants at work. 

See how it balanced walking on a log.

The elephants were all tired and they went to sleep except for the last one.

And when the other three elephants woke up, she went to sleep.

So funny.

On our way down, we met the grey kangaroo.

It could hop around with great speed. 

The kangaroo was happily eating the grass and ignored us.

The last animal, Babirusa.

The word "Babi" suggests, it belongs to the pig family. Babirusa is actually a Malay word, it means pig-deer.

We had completed our zoo trail. We left Singapore Zoo with aching legs and sweat all over.

Nevertheless, it was still a fulfilling trip. I love weekend like this where I spent quality time with my friend.