Jewelle Tan Personally

Going to Singapore with kids mean one thing : Singapore Zoo.

We made our trip the following day - much to the kids excitement and we were pleased that there was no queue at the tickets and strollers counters.

Upon entering, we were invited to take a few family photos and we later bought one of the shot. My husband told me that they also tried to sell him a frame for the picture and he declined it saying that he had “other plan for it”. Undeterred, they asked him about his “plan” and was stumped for answer when he told that he is going to “stick it on the wall”.

Since our last trip, some of the animals were in different locations.

But the white rhinos area still smelled as strong as ever. We also caught this funny incident of a “staring contest” between one adult rhino with a bird which lasted for about a minute.

The rhino finally turned away and the bird straightaway hopped and flew to his back. Now we know who’s the boss!

We missed the Papa Lion (male lion) last trip but this time we saw him and a few of the lionesses on the open ground.

Qi was most looking forward to the White Tigers and although she napped for a while, we waited until she was awake so she could see these animals.

It’s too bad that we did not hear any single roar from both the lions and the tigers.

We skipped the reptiles areas on our last trip so we made it a point to come here. We finally saw the Komodo Dragon but it was not as big as I thought it would be.

There were also some huge crocodiles and Qi refused to go near the glass tank for a closer look.

This time, we made it for more animals shows ; the polar bear show and the lion feeding show. And it was the Splash show with the penguins, sea cows and Carlos the Sea Lion which we enjoyed the most.

We had fun at the Zoo but I think the kids will enjoy the place more when they are older. Eu refused to go for a pony ride and at the end of our visit here, only two animals were mentioned by the kids : White Tiger and Sea Lion.