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<\/p>\nI’ve always held a fascination for turtles and tortoises.\u00a0 It started when I was a kid growing up in New Jersey.\u00a0 We lived in a rural part of the Garden State, and although you might be surprised to read it, a good variety of turtles and tortoises lived in the lakes, streams, and wooded areas around our home. Box turtles, wood turtles, spotted turtles, painted turtles, snapping turtles, alligator snappers, and more.\u00a0 As a kid, I caught a few of these, kept them as pets for a while, and then released them.\u00a0 Mom planted a strawberry patch in the field behind our house, and it was a safe bet that you could usually find a box turtle or two sampling the goods.\u00a0 It was a cool place to grow up.<\/p>\n
On a recent trip to Singapore, Sue and I were casting about for something to do one weekend.\u00a0 We’ve been to Singapore several times, we’ve seen most of the sights, and we wanted to see something new.\u00a0 A quick Google search pointed us to Singapore’s Live Turtle Museum.\u00a0 \u00a0 It’s on the other side of the island from where we usually stay (the hoity-toity Orchard Road area).\u00a0 \u00a0We hopped into a cab in front of our hotel and the cab driver gave us an odd look when we told him our destination.<\/p>\n
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The cabbie told us we might have some difficulty getting back “from the other side” but I thought I knew better.\u00a0 Singapore is not that big, I reasoned.\u00a0 \u00a0Boy, was I ever wrong.<\/p>\n
The ride to the Turtle Museum was about 45 minutes, and the second half of that was fairly desolate.\u00a0 Northern Singapore looks completely different from the Singapore I knew, which is a locale of wide boulevards, fancy cars (think Ferraris, Rolls Royces, and Bentleys), fancy hotels, and high-end shops.\u00a0 In fact, it seems about every other store on Orchard Road is a Rolex or Breitling authorized dealer.\u00a0 Not so on the other side.\u00a0 It’s jungles and grassy plains.\u00a0 And one Turtle Museum.<\/p>\n
Once we entered the Turtle Museum, one of the first things we noticed is that you can buy lettuce to feed to the tortoises.\u00a0 Tortoises love lettuce.\u00a0 Feed one a little lettuce and you have a friend for life.<\/p>\n
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Sue bought some lettuce, fed it to a tortoise, and it was her new best buddy.<\/p>\n