Christmas In February and Lions and Tigers and...Mouse Deer

Christmas In February

What a Fabulous day Friday was. We received our air shipment that was packed full of clothes, towels, blankets, sheets, pots, pans, silverware, etc! We can finally move on from sandwiches and paper plates. And to welcome our new cookware to Singapore, Ryan made yummy tacos with his homemade salsa. They were so good! We were also able to get good nights sleep with a full size blanket and flat sheet. In Asia, they don’t use a flat sheet so we were sleeping with little blankets from Ikea that barely covered our feet. We didn’t want to spend a lot on things we knew we had coming so we “roughed it” for a couple of weeks. I also checked the mail for the first time since we've been here and had a sweet Valentine's day card and another wedding card!

On Saturday, our cable and internet were finally hooked up! No more hikes to Starbucks for $4 coffee I don’t drink just to use the internet! And our TV isn’t too bad, we get all of the shows we did back home they just may be a little “old”. We do however get the latest season of American Idol!

So, needless to say, our house is starting to feel like a home. We bought a desk for my computer and we bought a coffee table and TV stand that will be delivered on Wednesday. The rest of our things should arrive by the end of March or beginning of April. They told us to expect at least 45-60 days for it to arrive. But we have enough to get us by until then!

Lions and Tigers and… Mouse Deer, Oh My!

Saturday night we went to the Night Safari with our friends Terry and Kara. The Night Safari is located next to the Singapore Zoo but a totally separate entity. We ate dinner underneath the rain forest and were entertained by tribal dancers. We then did two walking trails before the Creatures of the Night Show and then it was on to see the Tribal Dancers again-this time with fire and the last thing was the tram ride through the jungle. Since we were seeing nocturnal animals we weren’t allowed to use flash photography. I took the best pictures I could. This is a must see when coming to Singapore! There were only a few animals behind glass; the majority was in open areas that had other protective boundaries so they couldn’t escape. A funny story though, we were looking at the Fishing Cat and a Zoo Ambassador told us that 2 of the cats escaped and ate two flamingos the day before!!! Oops.

The Tribal Dancers entertaining us at dinner

These are the mouse deer, Ryan’s favorite. He wants one as a pet.

He even said he would get a bag to carry it in everywhere he goes.

They were pretty neat. They look just like the deer we see at home

just teeny tiny.

These are Indian Gharials, they have bulbous knobs at the end of their nose.

Ryan and I on the suspension bridge. We were sweaty, it was hot!

Creatures of the Night Show

Maggie the Python

The otter is helping to recycle the glass, plastic and aluminum!

Tribal Dancers

One leopard sleeping, the other trying to wake it up!

A video of the Tribal Dancers blowing fire!