Tuesday, July 02, 2019

YSEALI PFP Day 37: Smithsonian's National Zoo

26 May 2019

Today was a free and easy day for the Professional Fellows. Some of us had capitalised on the free weekend to travel to New York, but it was a tad too exhausting for me. So, Washington DC it was.

Jocelyn the navigator

We started our journey early in the morning towards the Smithsonian's National Zoo, which was complimentary to all visitors.

A statue of Gandhi outside Embassy of India




The weather was so much warmer than in Chicago. It was Singapore's weather.


We arrived!


Seemed like a lot of walking for the day

We were just in time for a complimentary walking tour.


And the tour began:

Cheetah hiding in the shade

Zebra


The first time I saw a Bison!

American Bison


Asia Trail




Tian Tian






Mei Xiang


Elephant Trails




The Guide told us it was a rare sight for the elephants to be in the pool

What a cute photo booth

Great Ape House. Interesting non-relevant wall design of wasps and bees

A resting Chimpanzee


Orangutan is a centre of attraction here!

Roar




Smokey

Entering the American Trail





Mara






Amazonia














The elephant in the room

Roseate Spoonbill


Sandbox Tree





The Ant vs the Jaguar

Caecilians are legless, small-eyed amphibians found mainly in the tropics






Kids' Farm



The hogs were out

Napping hogs


Spot the black-tailed Prairie Dog



Drinking a water cooler with Tiger

Oh no!


Spot the napping lion


Because lion means Singa in Singapura

Another kind of Think Tank

Brain sizes, in comparison




A pretty cool elaborate rat cage set-up


















Smithsonian's National Zoo completed!


Brain Freeze time

Went Georgetown for shopping.



You can no longer call yourself a Handsome Man, cuz' it's trademarked.


Home-cooked food for dinner

My pleasure to be An Do's room-mate, anytime

Watching a movie filmed in Chicago and missing the City


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