We then spent some time at the Botanical Gardens and in particular the Orchid Gardens - quite amazing. Hopped off again at Orchid Road (the main shopping strip) for lunch. I'm not sure how all the shopping centres manage to make money. There must be hundreds (??). They obviously would not want the bottom to fall out of the tourism market.
We were going to walk up to Little India but decided we didn't have time as we had booked to go on the night safari at 6pm. That will have to wait for another time.
Tonight we are off to the zoo and fortunately, the organisation was a little better but still, the microphone wasn't working properly on the bus. Was quite a way to the zoo - time for a brief nap.
Lots of people at the zoo so we had to queue for quite a while before getting on the tram. Here they were very well organised so it wasn't too much of an ordeal. We were able to see lots of animals quite near the road and the big cats, lions, tigers and leopards. At one stage you get off the tram and go for a walk. We could have had a lot more time here but rather than go on a guided tour with its time constraints, it would have been better to use public transport to get there and home. Presumably, there are public bussed that make the run.
