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The first itenary of the package was to go out on a night safari. We went out into the river on a boat in search for wildlife at the river banks. The boat ride was thrilling! First, there was the boatman who sits at the back controlling the motor. Then, there’s the guide, Tony. He’s in the front with a high powered spotlight that operates on a 12V car battery, and he leads the way out of camp.

I look around, and all I can see is where Tony beams his spotlight. Then my pupils adjust to the darkness, and the silhouette of trees on the moonlight becomes clear. Then, I look straight up and the amazing sight of hundreds of thousands of stars overwhelmed me. The boat was not very conducive for star gazing, and I didn’t wanna strain my neck by looking upwards for a long period of time so I concentrated on what Tony had to say about the “night life” in the jungle.

He spots this bird up high in the trees, and as soon as we drew closer .. the bird did something amazing! It dove straight down into the water! I was surprised for a bit cause I knew that there are birds that dive into the sea to feed on the fish, but not in the river! Not only seeing one dive down amazed me, but the fact that it didn’t come up for air for at least a minute prolly meant that it was swimming around chasing after FISH! How’s that for a sight?

Majority of the animals that we saw were birds sleeping on branches beside the river. The variety of colours, shapes and sizes was nice to see up close. We even saw one that was swallowing a big fish. Well, we didn’t exactly see the size of the fish, but it was trying to gulp it down .. for some time. And nope, it wasn’t the diving fish earlier. This one’s a lot bigger.

Here are two pictures that I was able to take. My camera ran out of battery, and anyhow, my camera’s not so pro .. so night pictures are terrible.

The bird that was gulping down a fish.

One of the many birds that we saw.

Oh, and we saw some snoozing monkeys high up on the trees! They were so cute. It’s amazing how they’re able to balance between branches and snooze. The reason why I use the word snooze is cause they really snooze. The longest period that they actually sleep is no more than 10 minutes! They get up and then sleep again. Gosh, I can’t imagine myself going through that. Then again, I am not a monkey trying to sleep in the trees…

Speaking of which .. I need to get to bed! Good night.

David[hmm]