JB in Subic's Zoobic Safari

the tour guide escorted our bus first to the tiger dens.

we were asked to make a single file and to look after the kids and to remind them not to taunt or stick their hands nor get too near the tiger's cages. the tour guide told us that the tigers are cranky sometimes and they also piss at unsuspecting visitors (ooooppsss!) so he told us to always be on guard! er?!

the tigers were really huge at such a short distance, really menacing even if they were behind those bars, i was a bit apprehensive. they are naturally strong and wild and at will they can destroy strong bars! erg!

my son was a bit hesitant in joining this short tour! i cajoled him into joining, i don't want him to miss this small adventure (i know he'll cherish, in a way, one day).

i took a picture of JB infront of the tigers' dens.

next stop was the junction (this is where every group/bus gets to take their turns at the various safari spots, there's also a mini zoo and a fastfood restaurant there, and some tigers, they were actually bathing them when we first got there (before we were ushered to the tiger's dens). we were asked to pass by one adult tiger (really HUGE) he was chained to a post but still his presence was menacing that some kids and adults were afraid to pass by it. but i just had to have my son pass by it (i know he'll remember it and will cherish the experience even if he won't do it again). JB don't want to pass by the tiger but of course i again cajoled him and in the process he had a scratch on his right cheek, a bougainvillea thorn did it, 'coz of trying to pass as far from the tiger as he could! so much for the protective mother! hehehe