The first part of this animal park was like a safari. We drove around in our car and saw animals from all around the world. Lions and tigers were in the Americas section. I said to Mr. Naim, "We don't have tigers in America, or lions..." He was surprised, "Really?!?"
There were a bunch of different kinds of deer and antelope-like creatures that were roaming around the cars. They are used to being fed from the visitors, because most tried to stick their noses in our open windows. The kids would scream though, so we kept our windows up most of the time. Some animals even started licking the glass. Additionally, there were hippos, giraffes, bears, zebras, crocodiles, bison, wildebeest, orangutangs and other monkeys, ostrich, elephants, rhinos, and some others.
We had a picnic lunch on a blanket in the park, still rice as always. It is packed in a really handy series of stacking cylinders—a big one at the bottom with the rice, then one with chicken, then one with tempe and tofu, then one with the vegetables, then the top one has the chili sauce. It fit perfectly in a plastic bag. After lunch the kids' fun game of the day was to put this plastic bag over their heads. I watched with dread. For Faris, it fit over his entire body, a little tight, but it was the perfect size. Only his legs could move as he went running off into the street. Oh dear. We quickly put the game to an end.
For the rest of the enormous park you get out and walk around. There is an amusement park section, a waterpark area, and different animal shows scattered around. We saw dolphin, elephant, and tiger shows. We also went to the very popular Temple of Terror show, which was more like an animated Indiana Jones play involving a few animals. There were some explosions, one shooting up a fountain of water out of a well, and three others with fire spewing out of different parts of the temple. It was actually a really good performance, of much better quality than many Indonesian stunts. A tiger, crows, exotic birds, a lemur, a llama, geese, and mice were all brought in at different times to add to the reality of the temple.
Before the show had started we had to wait in a huge crowd of people outside the gates for over half an hour. It was hot and we were tired, and Ais quickly fell asleep. She had just woken up when we went in to sit down, and was still pretty dazed. She sat down in a random man's lap who was to my left. Mr. Naim was on my right, busy with the other kids. "Ais... Ais... AIS..." I was saying, as she was just staring off into space, cozying in with this random dad that was also trying to get her attention. We were all laughing. Her dazed expression never changed as she was pulled back to Mr. Naim.
My favorite animals are the big cats, especially the tiger. Well here I could pet them! It was definitely my favorite part of the day.
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