17 July 2006

Lied Jungle

After lunch we went to the Lied Jungle. It is a rainforest/jungle building with lots of birds, monkeys, and fish. We also saw the baby hippo and a baby monkey in there. There are beautiful waterfalls throughout and I couldn't reist taking pictures of every one of them.

Before we went to the zoo I asked the kids what animals they wanted to see. Thomas wanted to see the gorilla, Emma wanted to see the hippos and giraffe, Cameron wanted to see the penguins, and Becca wanted to see *all* of the animals. (she was very excited about going to the zoo) David was being a smart alec and said he wanted to see the tapir. None of the kids knew what a tapir was, but we found them in the Lied Jungle!

We were able to go on a jungle path and walk on the floor of the Lied Jungle. We were down on the floor with the animals and a small orange monkey ran across a tree vine right in front of me. I tried to take a picture, but he was just
too quick. I could have actually reached out and
touched him. We got to walk through the roots of a tree,
and look into the hippo pool. It was really neat.

Unfortunately Thomas was not feeling well, so he and Stephanie and grandpa went back to the hotel right after lunch. Becca feel asleep shortly after we got into the Lied Jungle and she missed most of the action as well. As a matter of fact, Becca slept through the rest of our trip to the zoo.
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