Night Safari

A place that I had no interests in visiting as I thought that the sights would be limited. Turned out to be a good trip after all.

We promised to bring Kumar there; I promised to bring my colleague around. Two newcomers to Singapore; Just nice.

[Attractions]

Animal show - animals came in from the side, took their rewards, left the other way. Owls swoop in, swoop out. Mountain lion climbed the tree easily, took his treat, jumped off and exited. More shy of us then we are afraid of them.

Tram ride - A slow serene tour of the park, highlighting most of the animals. The animals can be seen easily as most of them are not shy of people, simply disdainful. The otters were simply thrilled to see us, chattering non-stop. "Stay for lunch! Be our lunch!", they said. The enclosures used natural terrain to keep the animals separated from bad-tasting food (us) and tastier steaks (other animals). Yet, some of the mildest animals had no barriers at all. You'll wonder why they never wander off and take a dip in the lions' moat...

Footpaths - To access an area not reachable by the trams. Nice! However, the animals here are more shy, especially the cats. All you can see are trees and sand. If you're lucky, you can catch some movements behind the leaves as they spy on us.

[Good]

staff were well-motivated, cheerful and spirited

[Bad]
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[Bad traits among visitors]

Flashes going off despite being reminded repeatedly that animals can get blinded. At one point, the keeper appeared upset because her barn owl was blinded while in flight.

"I can't see the cat. Hello?" [knocks glass]

"Here never say cannot use flash" [took a shot with flashlight]

[Blonk!] -startling a deer. "What's that?", asked a fellow passenger? -It was a plastic bottle left as litter by someone on a previous tram ride.

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