Saturday, November 22, 2008
Tourist Part 3
After some debate the Rajan(s) decided to head to the zoo. Ah time to be yet a tourist again, how wonderful!
First of all none of us had a clue how to get there. The last time we visited was ancient times and even then it was coz our primary school had it all arranged for us. Street directory was certainly of no help, it only made me dizzy. It indicated that i had to take 3 different route and all of which required lots of walking. Fed up, we called a cab, yet again!
In the cab:
Me: Uncle, Mandai Zoo
Taxi uncle: Mandai Zoo....
(It seemed sometime before the information got into his head. All of us got ready to get out of the taxi, when he suddenly said ok and sped off. After 15 minutes of driving he then said...)
Taxi Uncle: You want to go Mandai Zoo to see the white tiger ar
Me: Errmm... haha ya Uncle
(Shakes head and laughs away)
Me: Blinks.... Blinks... Blinks
We safely reached our destination in 20 mins. Not bad not bad so much for the ever ending directions given in the street directory. The zoo was so crowded(as usual), people we nudging their way about. If you dint manage to get elbowed or pushed at, I'll be surprised. The queue was also snaking through the windy queue line. Even before we started out trial we were already drenched in our own sweat.
Finally it was our turn! Got our complimentary pass (All thank me ok!) and it was show time. The 1st thing we saw were the beautiful parrots. You could take a picture with the parrots if you wished to. Hmmm, those parrots reminded me of the white parrot that Karthik and i wanted to buy sometime ago. My mind started to dwell away...
Oh well, moving along we peeped at the lazy alligators camouflaged in the pond. (How do you know if an alligator is asleep?) They are always so still and quiet that we hardly know if they are waiting for its prey, sleeping or just plain dreaming. We kept looking at the alligator hoping it would move a little, but it didn't. Tired of looking at the lifeless reptile, we moved along.
Count our lucky timing that we were touring the zoo at the right time. Since it was lunch time, we managed to catch most of the animal feeding time. The water hippo was our next stop. It was ready cute to see the water hippos "swimming" out slowly towards the zookeeper feeding the animals. Hippos are feed lots of vegetable. Bread is something they love to eat as well. However since bread is high in fiber it is only given as a treat to them or when the zookeepers are checking the hippo's teeth.
Labels: attractions, zoo
the world will turn WILD.
11:50 PM
