"Can we go somewhere beyond these four walls?"

Darius and Catherine have been stucked in the house over the past week due to his illness (see Runny Nose). Since he is recovering well today, we decided to head out to somewhere nature for a breath of fresh air. Moreover, we needed to find a chance for Darius to wear his cap we bought him some time ago ^^|.

Since we have always wanted to visit The Animal Resort at Seletar Farmway, we decided today is a good opportunity to do so.

Reaching the place close to 4pm, the weather was still rather hot, with Darius already dozed off on our way there. The place also looked deserted, and we were starting to think if we have come at the wrong time.

Hot, quiet, deserted...

We took a brief stroll in the area, and we was glad Darius started to wake up soon while holding him in our arms. He was showing a gloomy face though. ^^|

Sad face

As we walked around the area, we spotted roosters, a horse, a goat, some exotic birds roaming around freely, with parrots, guinea pigs, rabbits and hamsters kept in cages. There were also puppies for sale in the shop.

A sturdy and 'handsome' horse

"Don't come any closer..."

The African Crown Crane

Colourful parrots

Cute Guinea Pigs

More visitors started to turn up and we were glad to know that we were not the only visitors there. Some of them also bought food from the shop to feed the animals. From nowhere, a number of ducks and geese started appearing! Another goat had also appeared behind the fence.

Quack quack! You can't see ducks roaming this freely nowadays.

It's rare to see geese too

It was fun seeing all these animals roaming around (except for the horse and goats behind fences and the parrots in cages), especially to the kids, since it’s a rare opportunity for them to get really close to them in a natural setting.

As for Darius, he was observing the animals around him, though he felt a little taken aback when we placed him near the geese, since they were as tall as him. I couldn’t imagine myself facing an animal as big as me in close proximity too. ^^|

Moving on, we proceeded to Punggol Park, which was relatively nearby. Ever since I saw the beautiful photos taken by PandanKaya, I’ve been wanting to check out the place.

The weather was cooling as we strolled in the park, observing the people jogging and fishing by the lake. We were quite surprised fishing was allowed in a town park.

We came across a cat sitting quietly by the lake, and she didn’t seem bothered by our company at all. In fact, she would brush her body against our legs. Catherine loves cats and this cat reminded her of the pet cat she used to have. She also commented that this cat might have been abandoned by her owner, since she was rather docile and didn’t mind strangers.

A beautiful cat

However for Darius, he didn’t seem interested in the animal… -_-|

We didn’t stay there long though as we were already pretty tired, but were filled with envy for the Punggol residents there. If only we have such a nice park in our vicinity too.

Overall, it had been a nice outdoor trip for the three of us, and we were thankful that the weather had been very kind to us — a heavy downpour was coming down on our way home, which reminded us of our trip to Admiralty Park (see Day When Things Go Awry (Part 2)).

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