We closed our trip to
The Night Safari is a highly recommended evening outing. Opened in 1994, this nocturnal zoo gives visitors a chance to see wildlife after hours in well presented natural settings. The 45 minute Disneyesque Tram Ride is the marquee attraction of the park. It has comfortable seating on a slow moving tram that plies a park road system, providing opportunities to see “endearing antics” of elephants, giraffes, tapirs, lions, tigers but no bears. Oh my! A well-rehearsed accompanying guide offers commentary in enthusiastic hushed tones.
We found the Park Walking Trails provided a more relaxed and revealing viewing of different nightlife. We watched tiny mouse deer amble about on their spindly legs, marveled at enormous bats hanging upside down noshing on fresh watermelon, spied pacing hyena, bearded pigs, heavily tusked babirusa, stalking fishing cats (above) and espied the unusually stripped East African bongo (right).
The 30 minute Creatures of the Night Show was also very well executed. Held in the outdoor amphitheatre, educated park rangers engaged their furry and slithering evening colleagues in animal shows that both entertained and educated. Our “educated park ranger” was from
The tour first took us to a large indoor exhibition called the Images of Singapore. Here, images of the Chinese, Indian, Malay and European culture were shown in lifelike displays complete with life-sized wax figures. It was a pleasant experience.
We then toured
It was then back to the hotel and off to the airport for our trip back home to
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Among all the places in the region you visited, it must be Singapore which would have been most impressive. Incidentally, when S M Krishna was the chief minister (before the present dispensation), Bangalore was slated to be developed on the Singapore model. But where it has reached for everyone to see!!!
Actually, we only saw the southern part of Singapore, which is the business/shopping district. We were most impressed with Malaysia. It is a progressive, modern country with little evidence of poverty. Like Singapore, it is clean and people obey the laws, including traffic laws! We felt safe there and enjoyed the pleasant, friendly people.
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