Sunday, October 22, 2006
Travel Log - Day 14 (Washington Zoo-lander)
Haven't blogged for two months - figured I might as well try to finish off the Travel Log
Bell was quite excited for day 14, as it was a trip to another zoo - this time the Washington Zoo. The Zoo is part of the Smithsonian Institution so entry was free - which was welcomed by Bell and I.
The Washington Zoo - and some snow spattering
I think his name is Alsan
There were a few animals of note, such as the striped zorse. The strangest exhibit by far was the "Australiana" section. It was supposed to hold Emus and Kangaroos - but when we were there it was just filled with snow (which kangaroos don't have to deal with too often).
Not surprisingly, the Kangaroos and Emus were inside on this brisk morning
We were actually at the Washington Zoo at the right time, as the Giant Pandas had a new addition (in baby form). It was very busy (and a 10 minute gawking limit was in place), but Bell managed to get a few photos of the bears (which were, admittedly, somewhat cute).
Now where'd my kid go?
Climbing mummy mountain
Hungy!
When I heard that the Panda had a child - I assumed this is what they would act like. We don't all get what we wish for
As it was cold outside, a lot of the animals were kept indoors (such as the afore mentioned kangaroos and emus). It was very strange seeing a giraffe and hippo inside - but it did mean we were up pretty close.
The background picture fooled me for a minute (I thought I was an African)
Doesn't look too big here
Hippo's about to get his food on
The elephant reminded me of Stampy, it kept on head-butting this blue barrel
We then went into the gorilla exhibit, which was a little sad. There were signs up saying that the gorilla didn't like lots of movement from the audience and had a few pointers for approaching them (very slow, don't walk up to them while facing them etc). Of course, everyone ignored these pointers and the gorillas looked a little upset by this. At least they weren't being shot to produce masks.
Not happy Jan
The Thinker
Peek-a-boo!
After the gorillas we moved on to the tigers (of course, Belinda's favourite animal) which took up a bit of our time. They were pretty cool - but I'd already stood next to Belinda for about 4 hours at Tiger Island, and it doesn't take too long to get sick of tigers. They didn't do too much that was interesting, but they were kinda cool to watch.
Good shot by Bell
I think he's about to pounce on the keg. It's alcoholism that's actually killing off the world's Tiger population
That's pretty much it for day 14 - only 3 more to go. I really hope I can finish it this year!
Bell was quite excited for day 14, as it was a trip to another zoo - this time the Washington Zoo. The Zoo is part of the Smithsonian Institution so entry was free - which was welcomed by Bell and I.
The Washington Zoo - and some snow spattering
I think his name is Alsan
There were a few animals of note, such as the striped zorse. The strangest exhibit by far was the "Australiana" section. It was supposed to hold Emus and Kangaroos - but when we were there it was just filled with snow (which kangaroos don't have to deal with too often).
Not surprisingly, the Kangaroos and Emus were inside on this brisk morning
We were actually at the Washington Zoo at the right time, as the Giant Pandas had a new addition (in baby form). It was very busy (and a 10 minute gawking limit was in place), but Bell managed to get a few photos of the bears (which were, admittedly, somewhat cute).
Now where'd my kid go?
Climbing mummy mountain
Hungy!
When I heard that the Panda had a child - I assumed this is what they would act like. We don't all get what we wish for
As it was cold outside, a lot of the animals were kept indoors (such as the afore mentioned kangaroos and emus). It was very strange seeing a giraffe and hippo inside - but it did mean we were up pretty close.
The background picture fooled me for a minute (I thought I was an African)
Doesn't look too big here
Hippo's about to get his food on
The elephant reminded me of Stampy, it kept on head-butting this blue barrel
We then went into the gorilla exhibit, which was a little sad. There were signs up saying that the gorilla didn't like lots of movement from the audience and had a few pointers for approaching them (very slow, don't walk up to them while facing them etc). Of course, everyone ignored these pointers and the gorillas looked a little upset by this. At least they weren't being shot to produce masks.
Not happy Jan
The Thinker
Peek-a-boo!
After the gorillas we moved on to the tigers (of course, Belinda's favourite animal) which took up a bit of our time. They were pretty cool - but I'd already stood next to Belinda for about 4 hours at Tiger Island, and it doesn't take too long to get sick of tigers. They didn't do too much that was interesting, but they were kinda cool to watch.
Good shot by Bell
I think he's about to pounce on the keg. It's alcoholism that's actually killing off the world's Tiger population
That's pretty much it for day 14 - only 3 more to go. I really hope I can finish it this year!
