Singapore Zoo Photos

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Singapore Zoo

Singapore Zoo is one of the must-go destinations if you have a chance to visit Singapore. Not only can you have a chance to look at various animals, in fact there various ride such as boats and trains, and there are few attractive live animal shows and presentations. 

  

You will need a day at Singapore Zoo, so please go early around 9am. If during peak season, you may need to queue for hours to get your entrance ticket. Singapore Zoo opens daily until 5pm. Once you finished at the Zoo, you can join the Night Safari, which is only 5 minutes away from the Zoo. At Night Safari, you can ride a tram and have a closer look at various animals. Despite taking on tram, one can choose to walk along the trail. There are 2 special shows at night, and you should not miss them.

How to go to Singapore Zoo/Night Safari?

Go to any MRT Station, take the train to Ang Mo Kio MRT station.

From Ang Mo Kio station, take a bus with No 138, it will take you to Singapore Zoo. The journey of the bus will take around 20 minutes.

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Singapore Zoo Entrance Fees

The entrance fees for adult cost us $45 each. This fee is inclusive of entrance to Singapore Zoo and Night Safari, and also a souvenir. However, there are promotional tickets and also special discount for foreigners if you bring your passport. Due to the heavy human traffic that morning, we did not take the normal queue; instead, we purchased our ticket at the front counter which was slightly more expensive.

Photos

Below are some of the photos taken at Singapore Zoo in August 2011. Short videos available for famous white tiger and special performance by sea seal.

Singapore Zoo Map

Rides Available

Different Shows at different time

Famous White Tiger

They have their own names!

Area where public enjoyed the live animal shows!

Elephants

Hippopotamus

Cheetah

Very cute penguins

 

Rhinoceros

Sea Lion

Zebra

Ziraffe

3 Videos of Singapore Zoo Sea Seal Performance - Sam

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Visit Singapore Zoo Official Site:

http://www.zoo.com.sg/
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Singapore Universal Studio Trip 2011

Singapore Universal Studio

This is a brief guide and personal experience of touring Universal Studio, Singapore in September 2011. My wife and I had a fun and amazing experience in Singapore Universal Studio. We booked our Universal Studio Package online via their official site, which gave us further 20% off for the tickets. 

If you would like to know Singapore Universal Studio entrance fees/rates, please go to their official site:

Universal Studio

How to go to Universal Studio, Singapore

It might be a pain if you have not been to Singapore before. However, MRT and bus services are extremely good. 

From any MRT station, take the MRT to Harbour Front Station. From there, look for bus Number RWS and it will bring you to Sentosa Resort in 10 minutes time.

Singapore Universal Studio Map

Singapore Universal Studio Attractions:

Singapore Universal Studio officially opens at 10am. However, we arrived slightly earlier at 9:15am, and it was a good start to reach early. We shot a few photos with the signature Universal Studio globe at the entrance. Because it is early, there were no crowd thus making photo taking easier.

The queue started to build up when at 9:30am and the gate opens at around 9:45am. Immediately we entered and started playing each attraction.

There are many attractions in Universal Studio Singapore which I will not list all of them here. The first on our left is Madagascar: Madagascar: A Crate Adventure. In fact it is mainly a family ride in which you can bring your children and sit in the board and enjoy the story.

After exploring Madagascar for an hour or so, we proceed to Jurassic Park, in which one can enjoy thrill rides, and also family rides, namely Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure. One of the attractions here was still under renovation while we were there. Along the path there are many restaurants and stalls available to quench your thirst. Food and beverages are not cheap, you may want to bring your own drinking water although outside food and drinks are not allowed.

  
Then we came to The Mummy! This was the first thrill ride we played on that morning. We were required to put our belongings in the lockers as we were not allowed to carry any bags for the high speed ride. As for the locker, it is free for the first 20 minutes. In conclusion, the ride is AMAZING! You get to sit in a high speed roller coaster in the dark and enjoy various exciting scene. However, if your spouse or partners do not like thrill ride, please don’t try this!

 This was what happened if your spouse couldn't stand thrill ride!

Apart from playing different themed-attractions, we were in fact taking brisk walk along the path and taking photos. Classic cars which date back to 1950s, old buildings are favorite spot for photo taking.

 

 Shrek's House

In addition, there are live shows available at specific time, such as Water World etc. In Water World, the seats are allocated as dry, partially wet and wet. For the first few rows, the audience will definitely get wet while enjoying the show. However, no photographing and video taking are allowed during the live shows. 

At 4.00pm, we managed to finish about 90% of all Universal Studio attractions and shows. The other 10% is extreme thrill rides in which I dare not try again with my wife.

To our surprise, Singapore Universal Studio job opening was a real success, with almost 99% of the live show performance was done by foreigners who speak excellent English.

In short, if you have a chance to visit Singapore, please do not miss Universal Studio. You can purchase your entrance pass online to avoid queuing up for hours just for the tickets.

Official Singapore Universal Studio site:

Universal Studio

Budget Inn / Apartment in Singapore

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For as low as $60 per night, you can enjoy a air-conditioned room for 2 people at ChinaTown Singapore. Walk to MRT station and taxi stand in less than 5 minutes.

This is real deal for backpackers, or for tourists who wish to spend minimal for accommodations. I stayed in the room for 5 days 4 nights, and I was quite satisfied with the room.

Rooms available are $60, $70 and $80.

$60 – Room only with shared toilet and bathroom.

$70 – Room with toilet only.

$80 – Room with toilet and bathroom.

All the rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with a 32 inch plasma television.

How to make reservation?

The owner does not accept phone reservation unless you are their regular customers. I had to make my reservation by asking my Singaporean friend to visit the owner and pay the deposit.

How to go to the apartment?

To go to this apartment, you need to take MRT to ChinaTown MRT Station, and look for Exit C. After you exit from Exit C, turn left and look for KFC(Kentucky Fried Chicken) in People’s Park Complex (which is in fact a shopping mall). Once you see KFC, go straight and take the lift to 15^th floor. Once you stepped out from the lift, take right turn and walk up one floor at the second staircase you encounter. 

Foods are readily available at ground floor at the food court in which 95% are Chinese food. Fast food restaurants are available, such as McDonald and KFC. Apart from foods, there are lots of Chinese, I mean real Chinese from china who sells various products at the night market, for instant clothing, jewellery, books etc.

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