Singapore Pt. 2
On the 29th the weather fined up, and we took full advantage by visiting the Singapore Zoo & Night Safari which were awesome. But first we had a great farewell lunch for Catherine at a local Indian restaurant called Samy's. It is an old style Singapore restaurant in a big old colonial building. Top marks for atmosphere, authenticity, service and food. Top place, made me change my opinion that all Indian food tastes the same. Goodbye Catherine! Keep well!
I love going to the zoo and this was one of the best one's I've been to. If you haven't been to Singapore, the whole place is basically a jungle, giant trees line the roads and there is green everywhere you look. The zoo is basically a rainforest and they have tonnes of space and animals in good habitats. The Night Safari is a seperate zoo for nocturnal animals, and instead of walking around you get driven around on a tram which is sweet because walkig around is the only downer about zoos. Being at a zoo at nighttime gives the whole experience a different atmosphere and also the animals are more natural because they are basically oblivious to the visitors. Except for a tiger that I woke up from it's deep sleep by using the bubbler which had some shoddy plumbing and the pipes started shaking loudly. The tiger woke up and came straight for the glass to see what was up, I felt bad but it was pretty sweet having it come so close.
Then yesterday (being Eri's last day) we went back to Sentosa for a swim at the beach (with imported Indonesian sand), a pink dolphin show, a luge ride (kind of go kart) and a view tower before heading to Chinatown for dinner, where we ate some street food and looked around before heading to a nice Italian restaurant. A very touristy day, but very fun. It was a nice ending for her 4 days here which were very sweet indeed. This morning we had to get up super early to get to the airport, so today I am lazing around until tonight when I hope to meet up with my Japanese boss from work Ayako for some New Year's partying. Happy New Year to everyone, I hope it's a good one.
I love going to the zoo and this was one of the best one's I've been to. If you haven't been to Singapore, the whole place is basically a jungle, giant trees line the roads and there is green everywhere you look. The zoo is basically a rainforest and they have tonnes of space and animals in good habitats. The Night Safari is a seperate zoo for nocturnal animals, and instead of walking around you get driven around on a tram which is sweet because walkig around is the only downer about zoos. Being at a zoo at nighttime gives the whole experience a different atmosphere and also the animals are more natural because they are basically oblivious to the visitors. Except for a tiger that I woke up from it's deep sleep by using the bubbler which had some shoddy plumbing and the pipes started shaking loudly. The tiger woke up and came straight for the glass to see what was up, I felt bad but it was pretty sweet having it come so close.
Then yesterday (being Eri's last day) we went back to Sentosa for a swim at the beach (with imported Indonesian sand), a pink dolphin show, a luge ride (kind of go kart) and a view tower before heading to Chinatown for dinner, where we ate some street food and looked around before heading to a nice Italian restaurant. A very touristy day, but very fun. It was a nice ending for her 4 days here which were very sweet indeed. This morning we had to get up super early to get to the airport, so today I am lazing around until tonight when I hope to meet up with my Japanese boss from work Ayako for some New Year's partying. Happy New Year to everyone, I hope it's a good one.
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