Today started off slow, we relaxed all morning while Katie and Elise went to church. Rae and I went to grab lunch at the Boon Lay Market around noon, and had Mee Siam soup and 'Carrot Cake,' which was delicious, but had nothing to do with carrots:
Carrot Cake
After lunch, we went back to the hostel, made a game plan for the evening, worked on some homework, and took naps :) It was very nice and relaxing, I think we were all pretty wiped out from yesterday's island adventure.
At around 5pm, we headed to Jurong Point to catch the green line, transfer to the red line, and hop on a bus that would take us to the Night Safari! Before we could do that though, we had to find Katie. We lost her before even boarding the train; she had gone ahead early to get her local phone number, and somehow we were all separated for about 45 minutes. We eventually reunited, got on the train, were super excited to explore the Night Safari.
Upon arrival, we couldn't help but eat at the burger place - I had a delicious chicken burger and lemonade. We also all purchased our 'park hopper' passes... 4 parks for $80 US. I'd say that's pretty good! (Night Safari, River Safari, Singapore Zoo and Jurong Bird Park!)
A delicious chicken burger and fries!
And then it was time to enter the park! We were all really excited - especially Rae who put on her serious 'Safari face' for this picture:
Katherine, Me, Katie, Rae, and Elise ready for the Night Safari!
Since it was a night safari, none of my animal pictures came out great - It was really cool to see them though so close! (and not enclosed by anything but a bed of water!)
Halfway through the tram ride we got off and continued on the Leopard trail. We saw different types of felines, cute civets, mousedeer - which look just like they're named - and my two favorites the giant flying squirrel and the fruit bats. Unfortunately I couldn't get any pictures (no flash photography was strictly enforced.
When we got back to the tram station, we saw the Zebra Cafe, and I was able to take a picture with this guy (twins!) ;)
#twinning
Our tram ride continued allowing us to see African animals including giraffes, zebras, oryx, and servals... Katie got to see her long-awaited sloth-bear (so cute)! and we got up close and personal with an elephant going #2. (Our tour guide was hilarious, and cracked so many biology jokes along the way!)
Speaking of pooping, I got to touch rhino poop at one of the exhibits! (Shout out to my SST Science folk!)
After the tram ride we saw the Creatures of the Night, which was SO fun and cute. The host was great, and we got to see otters recycle plastic, aluminum and paper containers - they're so smart, we can do that too! I loved the emphasis that the whole park put on conservation, education, and sustainability... it was wonderful!
We ended the night by touring the East Lodge Trail, the Wallaby Trail, and the Fishing Cat Trail, seeing everything from barking deer, otters, and binturongs, to babirusas and buffalo. I wish that my pictures would've come out clearer, but overall it was a great night.
Also, kudos to Katie for getting one step closer to overcoming her fear of snakes!!
School started today (yaayyy!) so as I finish up this post I will start a new one with my best adventure yet - the classroom!
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Cat of the Day!
Today's Cat of the Day has to go to this sleepy kitty... We saw SO many cats tonight at the Night Safari, but the dozing leopard took the crown:
(that, and it was the clearest picture I could get!)
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