Breakfast with the Orangutans

With good friends staying with us recently I went to have breakfast with the Orangutans at the Singapore Zoo.

Singapore Zoo is about 25 minutes north of where we live and is a large zoo in a tropical setting.

The breakfast was an early morning start with the buffet breakfast starting at 9 am and the arrival of the orangutans at about 9.30.

The buffet breakfast was surprisingly good and had a huge selection to choose from.

As it was raining the orangutans were going to be undercover and the 5 orangutans arrived on the back of a motorised golf cart and it was very funny watching them hold on to the pole for balance .

They then were led through the restaurant and then up onto there perch for the morning where they were  fed seeds and fruit. A guide introduced the orangutans and spoke about the breeding program at the zoo.

The public then are allowed to have there photo taken with them up close with either the official photographer or with your own camera. 

It was an extremely enjoyable time and after the breakfast we were able to tour the zoo.

War Horse the play

While in London we were very lucky to obtain tickets for the play War Horse which is sold out for months in advance. My initial enquiry about tickets at a ticket seller was met with a laugh as I was wanting them for this  week and not a few months down the track. It was suggested by the seller to go to the theatre on the day to see if any returns were available.
I went to the theatre an hour and half before the box office opened  and was first in line and soon after people started joining the queue and by 10am there would be at least thirty people waiting.
I was lucky to get 2 tickets from the total of 7 they had for sale !

War Horse is adapted from the novel by Michael Morpurgo and is the story about the adventures of a horse called Joey as he moves from life on a farm into the battles of World War I and Joey's owner Albert determination to find his beloved horse on the battlefields.

The horses are all life-size puppets on are operated by three people each. After a short time you forget these are puppets as there movements are so life like .

The play was very moving and the puppets movements were just incredible.

 War Horse the play is going to open at the Arts Centre in Melbourne in December 2012.

Fabergé Big Egg Hunt

Throughout our travels we have seen decorated Elephants in Singapore, decorated Cows in Italy, decorated Bears in Kuala Lumpur and in London this month there are over 200 eggs decorated by designers, artists and sculptors scatted around central London.
The eggs are hidden around London and the aim is to join in the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt and locate the 200 eggs for a chance to win a Fabergé Gold Egg made from 18 carat gold weighing over 500 gms.
The  Fabergé Big Egg Hunt is raising money for two charities by asking for donations and also to bid on the eggs after Easter for a chance to own one.
Walking around London it was interesting stumbling upon the eggs as some were up high or in shop windows.
Here are some of the eggs we spotted.