Wednesday, June 4, 2008

botanical gardens and Zoo - 4th June 2008

so after a nice half an hour lie in this morning we all popped on the coach to head to the famous Botanical gardens of Singapore. we walked around what seemed like some kind of jungle with pretty water falls and flowers. none of us are exactly keen horticulturalists but we all paid 5 dollars to go into the "orchid garden" and uh i don't think we actually found the orchids we paid 5 dollars to go and see but we made an effort and walked for an hour to find them.
after a traditional Singaporean pack lunch we were all taken to Singapore's Zoological park. we had the opportunity to take a better look at all the animals we saw on the night safari up close and personal. the white tigers were the most impressive but we got the chance to see the reptiles and monkeys as well.
at half 2 the park put on a splash show, an aquatic animal show in a big pool with the crowd stand surrounding it. there were pelicans, manatees and penguins. the star of the show was a sea lion called carlos. he did some fantastic tricks like clapping, smiling, lifting his body up on his flippers and kissing. 2 members of the audience were asked to throw a frisbee for Carlos to catch in his mouth. I put my hand up and had a go at throwing the frisbee, he missed every single time ha ha but at the end i got a photo of being kissed by him, i'll never forget it, or him, i wish i had got his number ;) !
we were dropped back at Amoy Que camp had dinner and after this we're heading out into the city to watch the new indiana jones movie. have a good night everybody!

Di

1 comment:

Gareth said...

Hope i get to see your picture with your new friend tehe Hope your ok honey

Lots of Love

Gareth xx