Jul 7, 2008

Zoo

s3alsurfer The next day, if I recall correctly, which I think I do, was Zoo day, on which we decided to go to the Zoo.

We managed to negotiate the buses successfully and made it to the zoo, though it was a bit of a walk from the bus to the front entrance and tempers got a little frayed on the way for one reason and another, mostly related to progress or lack thereof.

The meerkat enclosure was done very originally with a swet of tunnels underneath which we crawled through to find ladders which went up to poke out through plexiglass domes so you could see the little meerkats messing about, although only one was actually obliging due to it being bleeding cold.

Along the the meerkats we saw lots of other beasties like a hippo, some rhinos, elephants, zebra, giraffes etc all of whom were underperfomring due to the aforementioned chill.

The elephants were a catalyst for conflict. They were in a shed having a hose down. Another family was there and the little boy insisted that the ephelants (sic) were having a shower, whereas Eloise was of the opinion that it was actually a shower, and neither would give way from their entrenched position despite the interjections of the elder sister who was wondering if it really mattered.

Eloise was reluctant to go underground to see the sea lions though she loved the penguins, but was persuaded eventually and loved it in the end.

There were "ginormous rabbits" that were as big as rucksacks and Galapagos Tortoises that were bigger than the ginormous rabbits and orang utans and all that stuff.

So it was good, if cold, and we had a nice time.

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