We visited the Zoo!

We went to the Zoo! But first, we had a simple of wanton soup noodle at my favourite local shop - 沙县小吃. The cold this morning was freezing and the warmth of the wanton soup was just what I needed. As the zoo was quite far from our hotel, we opt for the convenience of a cab and eagerly made our way there.

We were greeted by this huge park with a safari concept where many of the animals were wondering freely around the park. However it was segregate into 2 zones, the safari zone and the normal zoo zone. However, t he safari zone is only accessible if you drive your own vehicle. As we did not have a vehicle, we took the zoo tram around the safari zone and it was cool to see many of the animals up close. The zoo also have a special lodging section where you get to spend the night at the zoo. We hear the red pandas might visit you if you are lucky. This is something that we would definitely want to experience the next time we are here. We then roam around the rest of the zoo. The place has a couple of restaurants but the food is abit pricy as it's a tourist attraction. There is a even a made made beach in the area which we didn't explore as the weather was too cold. If I were to compare it to the Singapore zoo, it definitely had a lot more animals here and  it's a lot more spacious. But I think that the Singapore zoo still edge out abit as it’s more well maintained and informative. 

In less touristy cities, public transportation may not be as readily available to popular attractions. We found ourselves walking a considerable distance to reach the nearest bus stop for our journey back to the city center. Back in the city, we stumbled on a bakery 鲍师傅 with long queues, and decided to get some pastries to try out. It was surprising good and I wish I had more time to try the many different selections that they offer. Took a short river walk to look at the night view and had buffet dinner at a Japanese restaurant (菜菜子) It had a good japanese ambience, sashimi was fresh, overall a good dinner.

We had pastries from 鲍师傅!