Zoo!

This past Saturday we ventured over to the Singapore Zoo. It was hands down the best zoo either of us has ever been to! Similar to the Night Safari, the zoo has a totally open concept allowing you to get right up next to the animals without actually disturbing them (the barriers are invisible in most cases). Plus, most of the exhibits are set up in such a way that the animals can't completely hide themselves from the public view...that makes the trip to the zoo worth every penny! Our morning started with a "Jungle Breakfast" where we helped ourselves to a huge spread of food and dined right alongside several orangutans! They were literally right next to our table and while we weren't allowed to touch them, we were allowed to stand right next to them. The pictures below totally speak for themselves (although I speak for them too since I can't help but make comments!) on how much fun the experience was! Once we were finished with breakfast, we walked through the zoo seeing all kinds of animals close up! We stood face to face with giraffes, watched monkeys swinging on trees right above us, got so close to the zebras we could practically touch them and saw the best elephant show I have ever seen! I hope you enjoy the pictures from a fabulous day at the zoo - a Singapore MUST!

Shhhh! Sudden movements might scare the animals away.

Look there in the distance! There appears to be orangutans coming toward us...

Yes! There they are! They're making their way to the breakfast buffet!

Ahhh, they've arrived! Time to dine next to these guys...

Is this not the cutest thing?! The baby was less than 2 months old!

Matt is so brave! I would never, ever, EVER hold a snake.

OK, breakfast is over and we're finally ready to walk through the zoo!

I know I shouldn't be admitting it, but this thing totally tricked me. I seriously thought there was a guy sitting in that cage. I figured whoever was in the monkey suit was just really strong! Good thing I had Matt around to explain to me that the legs were fake :-)

As close as Matt could get to the kangaroos here in Singapore. It looks like he'll have to head to Australia for the real deal...

So the trainer with the red bucket called me over and said I could feed them. Well, right as I was walking over to the giraffes, this crazy woman cut me off and she got to feed them instead! By the time it was my turn, the giraffes were sick of eating pellets so they walked away. I was SO mad!!

I guess they just wanted to eat leaves.

Lazy day lions.

Spotted Leopard. Do you see that paw? I'm pretty sure this guy (or girl) could take you out with one swift smack in the head.

We got a kick out of this monkey swinging back and forth across the rope.

This elephant walked across this narrow log, did a full turn ON the log and finally kicked its back leg out and balanced on it. CRAZY!

Look at this guy showing off his massive strength by picking up a super heavy log (or so we were told) out of the water!!

The trainers got all of the elephants to lay down! The one standing was "refusing" to lay down, but it was all part of the show. Eventually, she did lay down :-)

Pretty awesome, huh?