Trip to Singapore

Sea dividing Malaysia & Singapore







Hotel Grand Central from a nearby flyover









The family on the train taking us on the Night Safari Trip.





Hello,

11 June and we were at the Grand Central Hotel in Singapore. As usual we were sent into the rooms and asked to assemble for dinner after a short rest.

Although the journey had been comfortable we needed to stretch our legs a bit and therefore we rested in the rooms having tea and coffee. Once again drinking water was an issue and therefore the Seven Eleven store near by was visited and a couple of bottles of water purchased.

The Grand Central is located on Orchard road which houses some of the important shopping malls of Singapore.

We start for the Night Safari - It is one of the most famous to do things when in Singapore. This place is located near the checkpost from where we had entered into Singapore so we take a return journey of about 45 minutes.

The Night Safari is popular and the crowd was unbelievable. We were first herded into the 'Creatures of the night show'. This show is hosted by an Indian lady who is too good. Her sense of humor and timing is amazing and she had the crowd literally eating out of her hand. The show has various animals making an appearance on stage (this is built like an amphitheater which has the stage in a hollow surrounded by seating on about three sides). We have the wolf, the Hyena and other animals pose for us and the smaller animals like the sloth play tricks. somewhere in between this lady gets into the seating space of the audience and pulls out a ten feet long python from under one of the seats.

We then rush out to get seats on the train that takes us around the zoo. The zoo is divided into continents. Asia is prominent and many animals are from India. The most astonishing sight is that of a group of rats that look like dwarfed pigs. They are huge and ugly.


Best wishes,
Manoj

To be continued...