der weg ist das ziel

we came to singapore to take a break from traveling. we've indulged in going to the cinema numerous times, eating western food, and even shopping a little. singapore is definitely a place for shopping - in total i would estimate singapore to contain some 80 to 100 shopping malls of extravagant proportions... and most of them have their own medical centre - loads of private doctor's offices for treatments ranging from stroke therapy to plastic surgery...
but the real highlight of our week in singapore was today - the zoo. i realize this sounds weird coming from me, but this is one of the best zoos in the world. the animals actually have space, it's designed according to their natural habitat. the orang utans, for example, have a big canopy stretching over the the walkways - we saw one orang utan peeing on the wooden "boardwalk"... but the best part of the zoo was the "fragile forest" - an enclosed area with animal such as mouse deer, tree kangaroos, sloths, lemurs, bats and numerous birds and butterflies. the bats were really amazing to look at so close up, with their huge wing spans and claws. bit the best part was the lemures. there were two adults and two young ones, the young ones playing around with each other, running / rolling over coco's legs and nibbling on my skirt. i expected to feel some sort of claw, but their tiny hands have very light and gentle fingers. so amazing! coco is in the process of uploadign photos and videos, so hopefully you can see the wonderful creatures soon!

anyways, we're back in kuala lumpur now, splurging a bit on a nice hotel with a swimming pool :-)