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I'm trying not to be lazy here.
Went to the Edmonton Valley Zoo last tuesday. When the weather was good. It wasn't warm, still cool, and it was sunny!
Getting to the zoo required immense preparation. I google earthed, used the transit guide and copied down a chunk of information. Grandma has fears of getting lost- which should be acknowledged, since i'll prob have no idea how to get home and taxis are rare.
But we made it there. Two hours later with one toilet break and one 30 minute wait for a bus. Shivered in the small bus stop enclosure for 30 minutes. Whoever built the bus stops had some brains. Cause even tho it's cold inside, it's colder out with the wind rushing at you. And then from the bus stop, which was in some neighbourhood area (like you'll ever guess that there's a zoo nearby) we walked for 45 minutes to the zoo. Met a nice lady who took us all the way there. She happened to be on a walk- she's 72 and walks 8-10km a day, including hills.

the zoo. i will never ever pay 7.75 to go to the edmonton valley zoo again. I will not make the effort to get to the zoo, even if there's a sports car waiting to zoom me there. The entrance didn't even make any impact, had to ask around where to pay the entrance fee. Could have gotten away without. the ticket? a stamp on the hand. haha. Animals were few, and most were looking rather sad. I'll upload photos another time. Saw a pair of howling wolves, sleeping siberian tigers, a lama, a camel, a colony of rat like creatures that can be found in my backyard, several monkeys, chimps enclosed in an area about the size of my room, two seals staring our of the window, a far away elephant and lemurs (which happened to be the most impressive of the lot).
I don't fully agree with animals being kept in the zoo- sure, zoos have saved some animals from extinction and educated a mass of people, but if i were an animal, i'd rather stay in Singapore zoo than the valley zoo. Oh yea, the cafeteria was closed and so was the souvenier shop :) so there you have one unhappy tourist and a typical complaining singaporean.

Went to West Ed Mall on friday to sit on my amusement park rides and sprained my neck while fulfilling my childhood dream of riding on the large red roller coaster. I had lots of fun hanging around with people my sister's age. haha. Really. Sarah, Clara and Lucy. I hope that i can find them on facebook, or that they can find me. Didn't manage to exhange any contacts cause i left halfway to eat lunch. lols. Sat on almost all the rides with exception of this 360 turning thing. Don't think my neck could have taken any more impact.

takes one half hours to get to west ed. long bus rides make me emo. Long plane rides aren't that great too. shall see...

praying for nice weather tmr- then i can walk around my district. :)

I'm trying not to be lazy here.
Went to the Edmonton Valley Zoo last tuesday. When the weather was good. It wasn't warm, still cool, and it was sunny!
Getting to the zoo required immense preparation. I google earthed, used the transit guide and copied down a chunk of information. Grandma has fears of getting lost- which should be acknowledged, since i'll prob have no idea how to get home and taxis are rare.
But we made it there. Two hours later with one toilet break and one 30 minute wait for a bus. Shivered in the small bus stop enclosure for 30 minutes. Whoever built the bus stops had some brains. Cause even tho it's cold inside, it's colder out with the wind rushing at you. And then from the bus stop, which was in some neighbourhood area (like you'll ever guess that there's a zoo nearby) we walked for 45 minutes to the zoo. Met a nice lady who took us all the way there. She happened to be on a walk- she's 72 and walks 8-10km a day, including hills.

the zoo. i will never ever pay 7.75 to go to the edmonton valley zoo again. I will not make the effort to get to the zoo, even if there's a sports car waiting to zoom me there. The entrance didn't even make any impact, had to ask around where to pay the entrance fee. Could have gotten away without. the ticket? a stamp on the hand. haha. Animals were few, and most were looking rather sad. I'll upload photos another time. Saw a pair of howling wolves, sleeping siberian tigers, a lama, a camel, a colony of rat like creatures that can be found in my backyard, several monkeys, chimps enclosed in an area about the size of my room, two seals staring our of the window, a far away elephant and lemurs (which happened to be the most impressive of the lot).
I don't fully agree with animals being kept in the zoo- sure, zoos have saved some animals from extinction and educated a mass of people, but if i were an animal, i'd rather stay in Singapore zoo than the valley zoo. Oh yea, the cafeteria was closed and so was the souvenier shop :) so there you have one unhappy tourist and a typical complaining singaporean.

Went to West Ed Mall on friday to sit on my amusement park rides and sprained my neck while fulfilling my childhood dream of riding on the large red roller coaster. I had lots of fun hanging around with people my sister's age. haha. Really. Sarah, Clara and Lucy. I hope that i can find them on facebook, or that they can find me. Didn't manage to exhange any contacts cause i left halfway to eat lunch. lols. Sat on almost all the rides with exception of this 360 turning thing. Don't think my neck could have taken any more impact.

takes one half hours to get to west ed. long bus rides make me emo. Long plane rides aren't that great too. shall see...

praying for nice weather tmr- then i can walk around my district. :)