A Safari Tour

Hello Singapore!

We touched down at the ultra-modern Changi Airport at around noon time on September 26. Having slept through the 3-hour flight from Manila, I had all the energy to conquer the city.

Safari, our driver from Vacation Asia was already at the arrival section waiting for us hoisting a placard with Dad’s name on it. Yep, you got that right. His name is SAFARI --quite a novelty for one who lives in one of the world's cleanest, safest, and most modern cities.

He’s one cool driver – worked as a Manager for Singapore Airlines for many years and even took a 6-month course at AIM in Makati. He’s retired now and just drives tourists around Singapore.

Well, we did have a taste of a real safari on our second day as we toured Singapore's famous Night Safari. We rode an open tram that rumbled through dense South American and Indian rain forests, the savannahs of Africa and the tropical jungles of Asia.

Am I one lucky kid. Most kids my age only see these animals in their Baby Einstein DVDs. I was within the leaping distance of these growling, snorting, real, live animals -- lions, tigers, elephants, hippos, giraffes, hyenas, zebras, flamingos, rhinos, monkeys. You name any animal from A to Z, I’ve probably growled at them as my dad instructed me to.