Map's First Trip to Jurong Bird Park

Today Daddy came back from the US very early in the morning.  Hello daddy!  

Map woke up early to go to Jurong Bird Park with Thai Grandpa and mommy.  Daddy stayed home as he was tired from the long trip.

This was Map's first time at Jurong Bird Park.  It was a hot day.  Map immediately got excited with the colorful macaws at the entrance.  Map now could say "buh" for "bird" when she saw birds. 

Macaws at the entrance of the bird park

Map too excited at macaws to look at the camera

Map and 'nana' (banana)

The first stop was penguins.  Map saw African penguins in the outside pool.  African penguins did not need to live in the cold temperature.  After that we went inside to see the penguins from south pole - they need to live in the very cold temperature, so they were in temperature adjusted room.  Map had to say that Jurong Bird Park had a massive colony of south pole penguins.  It was impressive.  

In front of Penguin Coast

African penguins

Map - can you swim like penguins?

King penguins in cold room

Chinese New Year celebration for penguins 

Chinese New Year decoration

After the penguins, we walked around the bird park.  There were so many birds.  Map was in awe.  It was hard to get Map to look at the camera because her eyes were transfixed on the exotic birds.

Map with parrots in the background

Scarlett Ibis

Map in rainforest

Parrots

With bird of paradise plants

With stork and shoebill

Shoebill - funny looking bird

Map wants cookie

Map had very sensitive nose.  When she approached birds with strong poo's smell, she started gagging.  Must be the uric acid in the bird's pee and poo.  

Drinking milk and watching birds at the same time

Flamingo - thanks Thai Grandpa for correcting this (mommy had thought they were pelican)

Map and Flamingo

Mommy... Look!!

Map at the waterfall

It was such a hot day.  After a while, we had to hop into the panorail for some air condition and panorama view. 

Map inside panorail 

Map with fake flamingo

Before we went back, Thai Grandpa bought Map an African penguin plush toy as a souvenir.  

Thank you so much Thai Grandpa. 

Map and the penguin plush toy