Night Safari

Dearest Princesses,

We all went down to visit the Night Safari this evening.

There was a discount on the entrance tickets and since this was the beginning of the long National Day weekend, we decided to take advantage of the discount.

We got there a bit later than hoped for as we had to have dinner before going down but we still had more than enough time to walk around the whole zoo. The whole place was very dark as the zoo operators needed to create the night zoo ambience but as we walked along, we realised that quite a number of the animals were the same as those we see at the Zoological Gardens (the day zoo). It was not as if the animals that they were exhibiting were all that much more active at night!

In the dim lighting, we managed to catch a few of the animals like we do at the day zoo. Most of them weren't really doing anything worth noting though. The paths were quite steep and narrow along almost all the trails and this made it quite a challenge to move around as Skyler, you would get tired of walking, and Ashley, your stroller would move all over the place thus needing lots of strength to get it to stay on the path.

While we were on the path, we came across a white rhino all by it's lonesome self! It looked so sad and lonely! We asked a zoo staff why it was that it was alone and he told us that it was just a part of the exhibit and that it was okay with being alone. But we really felt that he looked very very lonely. Oh well ... Poor rhino.

We'd wanted to get back to the animal show in time to get seats but we got lost at the East Lodge. We wanted to carry on to the entrance/exit but there were no signs pointing to the correct direction and we ended back-tracking along the Leopard Trail which brought us back to the Lodge. We finally figured out that we had to head towards the path that said Tram Station though we had no intention of taking the tram. Along the way, we bumped into another zoo staff and we asked him for directions and he did bring us towards the tram station but before that, there was a walking path that led back to the entrance/exit.

We went as quickly as we could but when we got back there, we were too late, there were no seats left so we left. It was already quite late anyway.

On the way out, there was a performance by a group of fire eaters and we decided to watch it. Skyler, a few weeks ago, you'd told Papa that you wanted to watch this performance so Papa put you on his shoulders so you could see over the heads of the crowd and watch the performance. Though we were a distance away from the stage, the heat generated when they breathed out the fire made us quite warm and you didn't like it.

After we left the Night Safari, Skyler, you told Papa that you didn't want to come anymore as it was dark and scary and the fire show was too hot and you didn't want to get burnt. Hmmm ... that wasn't supposed to have been the experience you were supposed to have had. Oh well ...

Ashley, you'd insisted on our carrying you for the most part throughout our walk around the Night Safari. This made both Mama and Papa so tired. Coupled with having to carry you, Skyler now and then, we were exhausted!

Oh well, we don't go often ... maybe that's a good thing.

Papa and Mama love you both lots!