Sunday, May 31, 2009

Bangkok Dusit Zoo"

We decided on a family outing for Saturday, the zoo. Now Bangkok has some nice places to go, Safari World, an hour and a half away, a farm even farther, Siam Ocean World right down the street but very expensive. We opted for the zoo in the city. It didn't get great reviews, but we didn't care, we were only going for a few hours and to spot some sort of live animals...
It was perfect. Plenty of animals, not dirty, so affordable (less than 10 USD for all three of us), and Sophia had a blast. We saw Giraffes, bears, tigers, lions, turtles, fish, snakes, monitor lizards (I have an awesome fearful respect for these creatures, they can eat you you know?), elephants, kangaroos, and on and on....Yes it was hot, but overcast so not nearly as hot as it could have been. Right when you are into oversweat mode you meet the indoor snake exhibit with great AC (and some empty cages, watch your step...). We ate an early lunch at KFC, yep right there in the middle of the zoo, then we headed across the lake for elephants and kangaroos to top off our morning. We were back home by 1pm exactly and Sophia and I took a good nap. This zoo is certainly more for locals, not much was in English, that was fine by us, the bathrooms, complained about in reviews, were very clean squatty potties, but then I am used to China, so I was pleasantly surprised. Altogether a wonderful family outing!




what a girl. "Sophia, choose one cup and one bag to take to the zoo, you can't take it all". This was a little struggle, she opted for the backpack and the blue cup.