The Night Safari

Sunday night we visited one of the big tourist attractions here called the night safari. I was held at the zoo and the idea is the animals are most animals are more active at night. It was pretty amazing. It had a Disneyland like quality because it was very crowded for a Sunday night. You right on tram that had open cars like the ones you ride on at Universal Studios with a tour guide. NONE of the animal cages had fences. The man eating animals like the lions and tigers had these big ditches so presumably they couldn't get to the tram but for many animals is was just like you were riding through their cages. Things like the zebras, giraffes and elephants were a good distance away but it seemed that if they really wanted you they could get you. Some animals like the various types of deer, goats and these crazy looking tapers were literally right next to the car. It was really interesting. There was a bunch of things you could walk around and see but jet lag has hit in for most of us and we just took the 45 minute tram ride and then went back to the hotel. The zoo was actually located in a small piece of the rain forest. I think I heard somewhere that Singapore was only one or 2 cities in the world that actually has a rain forest inside the city limits. Oh yeah, did I mention that is was REALLY hot and humid here? I was sweating just sitting on the tram ride because it doesn't really cool down at night. It goes from really hot during the day to pretty hot at night. You couldn't take any flash pictures during the tram ride because I guess that would ruin the experience but I did take a couple of pictures leading up to the tram.