We had just bought the tickets at the front gate when little Miss Haana sighted a balloon. She informed us that a balloon had been sighted and so, she'll be needing one. "On our way back home", promises were made.
We were delighted looking at the colorful flamingoes, most of them taller than the little girl. Some standing on one leg, some on two. A couple were sleeping with their long necks all wrapped around their feathers! Bright pink and orange colored, they were a sight to enjoy. We had peanut butter chocolate sandwiches and enjoyed the sights.
We saw a huge crocodile basking in the sunshine, sleeping lazily. It was so still in its slumber, initially I thought it's not even real. But then the eyes moved. But that was the extent of the movement. A few steps away was another aquarium, this one with several long snouted alligators. This one also had turtles of varying sizes and fishes.
We moved on to find gazelles and deers next. And soon came upon a small pond with several furry little white goslings. They were so cute and cuddly, fuzz-balls. The little girl went "oh so cute! How cuddly!!!" over them. I told her: "See, that's exactly what mumma feels about you every time I see you!!".
The most anticipated place in the zoo was the aviary where you can feed the birds and they'll sit on your hand; it was unfortunately closed! I was bummed for a bit, but there was still much to see.
We saw penguins, owls; eagles wih wingspan more than 6 feet wide. Kangaroos up next but none of them were mommy kangaroos so none of them had a pocket. I told the little girl if we can find the mumma kangaroo, then we can fit little Gugu in her pocket and come back tomorrow to get her. She faked upset, but mostly we giggled!
We came upon this Wild West section, which amongst other things had a carriage (without the horse). We spent the next (seemingly) several hours (minutes) going in and out and in again and out again, then in from this door, then look out from the other window of the carriage. Then we went through a bridge held together by ropes so it moved and shaked. We giggled as we went back and forth on the bridge over and over again. On the other side of the bridge we briefly saw a black bear, but then got sucked into a small sand table. Little miss Haana made sand castles with intent and determination. Birds chirped, winds changed, tides turned, stars moved but we were still at the sand castle table. Finally when we left the sand, it was only to go back and play at the funny bridge again. And of course, it was the carriage again.
We went and stood in the line for the train to take us back to near the entrance so we can see the other animals we hadn't covered. As we stood in line, little Miss Haana made friends with the girl next to her. Soon they were talking, laughing, holding hands, wanting to sit next to each other in the train.
Once out of the train we watched the rhinoceros but little Miss Haana was more interested in climbing the fence. As all of our energy was ebbing, little Haana and I had a falling off. Sulking ensued but not for long, we made up with "Sorry mumma", kisses and hugs.
Soon it was time to head back home. We were not able to see all animals. I think we spent the most time at the zoo with this 2 legged, 2 armed animal that kept going in and out of a carriage! This one also chose a toy for herself (an elephant, for all the elephants we didn't actually see!) and headed back home with us! So long zoo.
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