{ 8/8/15 }
Day one

As we stepped out into the humid, hot and beautiful Singapore it all took us by surprise, coming from cold and wet Wellington into 30 degrees was very overwhelming. Nothing could've prepared us for this.



With the cool air conditioning in the taxi we could finally cool down. As we zoomed past the city we noticed the most peculiar thing. Every apartment had a Singapore flag hanging out the balcony, The taxi driver informed us that it was Singapore's golden jubilee tomorrow. That meant that our whole time in Singapore was a public holiday, That means everywhere would be busy, busy, busy. We checked into our Hotel but we couldn't go in our room yet. Our decision was easy. We were going to the Zoo, with all of us buzzing with excitement, we could absolutely not wait any longer. As we got our tickets and glanced at the map, we literally ran towards the entrance.

One of the first and one of my most favourite animals was the Malayan Tapir, It was like a massive anteater! There were so many fascinating and interesting animals like the Pygmy Hippos, Gavials, Polar Bears, Probiscus Monkeys and much much more! At about one there was an elephant show. It was amazing the elephants did all sorts of amazing tricks like putting on a hat, pushing really heavy logs, and "flying". After around four hours of tiring walking we left the amazing Singapore Zoo.

Next, SHOPPING. We walked for kilometres and kilometres in the never-ending  mall, Two times I knew where we were going but my Dad insisted we go in a loop to get where we wanted to go. After that we had dinner at a Jamie Oliver Italian Restaurant, It was amazing! We got shake me salads and all of that smart stuff, it was so cool. After filling our stomachs we did more shopping, and we got some world famous Häagen Dazs ice cream which let me tell you was AMAZING! I had the cookie dough flavour and it was perfect. After that tiresome 16h with no sleep we walked back to the hotel and went to sleep.

A day well spent in Singapore!

-Reka