Four parks in two days: How to kill time on a Singapore stopover

By David McGonigal
Updated July 23 2016 - 10:33pm, first published 12:15am
An orang-utan family in Singapore Zoo.  Photo: Seng Chye Teo
An orang-utan family in Singapore Zoo. Photo: Seng Chye Teo

The dense forest masks the lights of Singapore's high rise so I was standing in the dark, feeding bananas to an elephant by the edge of a lake. Too close but out of sight, a lion gives a half-hearted roar. I've been transported from urban jungle to unexpected wilderness in just a few kilometres.

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