Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Yesterday we went to the Sungei Bulah Wetland Reserve. First let me say if you are going to go, know the taxi will gladly take you from the southern tip of Singapore, to the Northern tip for about S$ 25. They know only how to get you there, however, no empty taxis run to the wetlands to make the return trip to get you back. You must ride a bus from the main entrance back to an MRT (aka civilization) to get back home. Oh, and take plenty of water :-)

What a fun day! We saw so many critters I cannot even begin to show them all - but I will give you just a tad of what we did see.

Can someone remind me where I am? This is Singapore, looking at buildings in Malaysia.

It looks strangely familiar...

Going in just reassured me that I was not imagining the similarity with Louisiana:

There was a sign telling us to watch it - to look for crocodiles and s-l-o-w-l-y retreat if we encountered one.

We didn't see one. We watched alright, but from the moment we walked in, I felt like *I* was the one being watched:

Some even acted like they weren't watching!

But I knew they really were.


And they were planning their attack:

Even while acting innocent:

But onward we searched - and we finally found my 'dragon'!

There were water monitors EVERYWHERE! This one was catching supper:

And that was no small fish he caught! I have no idea how big this guy was, but he was VERY big. That was a large fish, but it had no chance with a dragon. He gulped it right down.

You may have seen a few more in the previous pictures - but I didn't see them at all. Rest assured, they were hiding well and they were positive they were well hidden.

*****

Oh, I gotta go... ummm... I am thinking maybe I took a few too many pictures?

The End...

...of a another day in paradise ;-)