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Route Map:
Singapore --- (MRT) ---
Singapore --- (Bus) --- Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Singapore Thoughts:
We’ve both been here before,
but it makes for a good point to fly into from Perth, Oz and
start our leg in the Far East…
We arrived early evening, but
the weather was still twice as hot as Perth and very humid. We
just melted! After getting across to the district Little India
and dropping our bags into our hostel we went out to try some
local food.
Singapore is a very
modern/safe/clean city with a great MRT (tube) system but the
main activities are shopping, eating and finding air conditioned
buildings! So we did plenty of that. But if you come here
there is one thing that is a must to do, especially if you like
animals and that is to go to the “Night Safari”…
In true “safe” Singapore style
you get to see animals from all parts of the world in the dark!
There isn’t any cages or bars either, just a very cleverly
thought out design allowing you to see animals at arms lengths
away at times. We got a tram around with the park commentary as
well as doing some walking about.
As it was night time and many
of the animals are nocturnal, they weren’t just sleeping as they
would during the hot sunny days. Best bit was seeing the tiger
eating a cow’s leg, fur n all through the glass with not a care
in the world about a foot away from us. It was also great
hearing the lions roaring at each other. Sounded like the lady
lions were moaning at the lazy male!!! Shame you are not
allowed to take pictures with flash, but they don’t want you
hurting the animals eyes.
Just three nights here before
bussing over the boarder into
Malaysia. |
