Valebat Monday: KL Bird Park (020315)

Hey there! Last Monday my friends and I decided to go to the KL Bird Park and became tourists in our own city before we receive our SPM results on Tuesday. We went there by train and by foot, which took us a good hour to get there from KLCC. First we took the LRT from KLCC to Pasar Seni, then we stopped by the Central Market and then we walked all the way from there on to the bird park. If you plan to walk there like we did, I would suggest that you leave in the morning as the weather in Malaysia is not really suitable for such long distance walk. We left the place by taxi as none of us were capable of walking any further, and it only cost us less than RM10 to get to KLCC from the bird park.

In my opinion, my experience there was quite satisfying and worth the money. The ticket was priced at RM25 per person, that is for those with a MyKad (Malaysian identification card), I believe it would cost you more than RM40 if you are a tourist. As we entered the exhibition area, we were greeted by a few peacocks as well as several other species of birds. There wasn't any name tag displayed, so I wasn't sure what birds exactly were there in the open area. What I am sure of is that there were peacocks, chickens, pelicans, flamingos, owls, turkeys and parrots. Lots of parrots. They also have this area just for parrots, and we got to feed them sunflower seeds. All we had to do was place the seeds in our palms, and the parrots would fly to your arms, and stay there as they devour the seeds. They do prepare sachets of bird food near the entrance, so you can buy it and feed the birds flying in the open space. The sunflower seeds on the other hand is free of charge and anyone can feed the parrots. When we were there, they were just about to hold a parrot show. Not many people were there to watch it as it was a working day, but the show was good nevertheless. I even got to volunteer for one of the slots! The bird park also has a restaurant, but we did not have our lunch there as I believe it is quite on the expensive side for us who are students. They also have a huge pond where most of the flamingoes were resting.

All in all, to me, the trip to the KL Bird Park was one of the best trips I've been to with my friends. It was much better than my expectations, and the fact that not many people were there due to the timing made it even better. Would I go there again? Definitely. Maybe I would bring my niece and nephews the next time. And since it is surrounded by numerous of tourist attractions such as the national monument and the national museum, I think it is a pretty decent place to visit.

I did bring my compact camera on that day and managed to snap a few pics, which you can see below :) Warning: I took a lot of pictures of parrots. I hope you like parrots.

I have more pictures, but did not post it along as I don't want this post to be picture-heavy. If you'd like to see the rest of the pictures, I can make one post just for the pictures :) 
Let me know what you think!

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