St Gabriel's Secondary School - Here we come!!!

It's the end of the primary school chapter in our lives as our youngest kid (does one say 'younger' or 'youngest' if I only have 2 kids and he's the youngest?) gets posted to St Gabriel's Secondary School, Express Stream! Seems like only yesterday that I was worrying about him passing his PSLE. Phew! Praise the Lord!

That's John, clowning around as usual in a bird enclosure at Safari World, Bangkok Thailand.

Speaking of Safari World, this is the second time at this place for Mike and myself although he has no recollection of it whatsoever. He said it was probably some other guy I had gone on the trip with (erh, yah sure. It was our second honeymoon the year of our wedding. Let's see, what's the probability of me going on a second honeymoon with some other guy???)

In fact, we placed a bet that whoever lost would have to massage the other for 20 mins. I squatted at our photo album cabinet and zoomed in accurately at the old photo album. Whipped it out and watched in glee as he licked his wounds! Purrrrr...... never argue with a woman about stuff like that. Hmmph! Does that guy even remember my name, you wonder sometimes.....

We didn't join a tour to visit the Safari and in the end, it cost us more to go on our own. But it meant we could really take our time visiting whichever exhibits or watching whichever shows we wanted. We could also walk in the opposite direction of where the crowd was going. We noted that for the tour groups, they had limited time and more or less had to follow the instructions of their tour leaders. If you're intending to visit this place sans tourgroup, you might prefer to book a cab for a two-way trip. The cab drivers are only too happy to take a nap while they wait a couple of hours for your return trip. Is the place worth the visit? Yes, but make sure you are buying tickets for the entire place and not just the Safari drive-through.

At time of blogging, the rates per person are (as printed on the tickets):

Safari Park = THB 280

Bird Park = THB 400

Show = THB 70

That worked out to THB 750 per person (about SGD23) and if your kids aren't any taller than 1.5m (I think), they get cheaper rates. Fortunately (actually, unfortunately or fortunately???) my kids aren't that short! One suggestion is you go into the Marine Park and Bird Park first to catch all the shows and exhibits, then you make your way to the Safari Park just before 4 pm to catch the last bus in. You still have to pay for the bus ride per person but the cost is negligible.

BTW, give the boat ride a miss. Thought it came to around SGD8 per person and it wasn't quite worth it. Driverless boat. Nice fauna but fake animal displays are run down.