Singapore Zoo

December 13 2017

After a full day bus ride south, that we were lucky to catch, we arrived at Singapore.
(We did not book ahead for the 10 a.m. bus, which had sold out of seats for some of the journey.  The next bus would not depart until 10 p.m.. After we went to the various ticket offices in obvious  distress a local gentleman offered to be a fixxer for a reasonable fee.  For about twice the price of the fair he made a deal with the driver and "found" us a pair of seats for the entire route.)

The following day we spent mostly at the Singapore Zoo, which is one of the best we have experienced.  The climate of Singapore, itself, is tropical, so the zoo there can rather easily house tropical animals.  The zoo also seems to receive enough capital and donations to be well developed, maintained, and to run efficiently.

The most impressive part is that many of the barriers between the visitors and the animal residents feel nonexistent.

 In some areas, like the lemurs and smaller primates, indeed the barriers were nonexistent!

Some animals have been conditioned to reside in one area or set of trees beside sidewalks. 

 In one aviary the fruit bats and saki monkeys are right next to the walkways.

One enclosure housed the largest baboon troupe we had seen in a zoo; probably close to   100 members. It included this 43 year old grey haired male.