Thursday, April 08, 2010
Zoo Negara
8-APR-2010:
I didn't go with them. It was Good Friday but I had to work. Dom was on holiday because his is a Christian school. He went together with his daddy. We had been wanting to go for a long time. Even before Saimun went back to London. But we have a small baby, and with our lousy sense of direction, we thought that Zoo Negara was miles out of PJ (in fact, it is just very nearby, according to Saimun). On top of that, my impression of Zoo Negara was that it would be hot and smelly and I would be pushing the buggy on uneven ground while sweating like mad. Emily would be complaining because it is so hot.
I don't blame me for thinking that because whenever we mentioned to anybody that we wanted to go to Zoo Negara, the responses that we got would be something along the line of ... "It's lousy, don't bother, the animals will all be sleeping, it's dirty and you'll get sun burn". I wonder how many of these people have actually been there. And I'm not talking about 10 or 20 years ago when KFC was still there and you hear on the TV the song, "Let's go to the zoo, there is lots of things to do ...". Anyway now, let's hear from the both of them who actually went recently.
From Saimun (the man with very few words indeed): There were lots of trees and it was quite shady, so it wasn't that bad. In terms of animals, it was okay but they should do some marketing to attract more tourists. There were very few people there, but perhaps because it was a week day.
From Dominic: Yes, I had a lot of fun and saw many, many animals - crocodile (not moving), snakes, penguins, giraffe, buffalo, elephant, cows! (didn't know they showcase cows in the zoo too, thought only wild animals), bear, hippopotamus, monkeys, tigers, lions and "something that looks like a camel", and I presume many more that he didn't mention.
All in all, I think it wasn't bad at all. So parents, if you are in KL, do bring your children to the National Zoo. It is better than bringing them to the shopping malls every weekend!! By the way, entrance fee is RM25 per adult (or was is RM20? Anyway, not a big difference). For children under 4, it is free of charge. Saimun told them that Dominic was below 4 years old therefore I do not know how much they charge for children.
Here are some photos:
