San Diego zoo

The zoo of course was fabulous and the best part was we found our way there without getting lost. We were there bright and early, before it got too crowded, and it was a pleasant balmy day.

Here are some photos of our favourite exhibits :

Here's Mommy gorilla taking junior for a walk. He looks like he is about to fall off but he was able to stay aboard for the whole time we were watching.


This is Granny orang. She has a very neat hairdo which unfortunately you can't see because of her gorgeous hat. It looks like an expensive pageboy cut - and I love the colour.

These guys were a barrel of laughs. They were just hanging there under the water occasionally coming up for breaths. We decided they must be having a breath-holding competition and started timing them. The one on the left was the winner.

And here's the panda, Em's favourite. Unfortunately they were just lying about and the baby was up in a tree looking for all the world like a ball of fluff in a tree. Still, Em was not disappointed because there was a Panda Shop right there by the exhibit and she bought a very cute cuddly toy panda who had all sorts of adventures during the rest of the day.



We didn't get lost on the way home either, in fact we found a shortcut onto the freeway WITHOUT THE MAPQUEST INSTRUCTIONS!!! We reckon another week or two of this and we would be hooning around like one of the locals.