A day at the zoo

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Ev has flaked out on the bed. We went to training this morning, and followed that with a trip to the Zoo. I had been looking for an excuse to hire Noi's Songtaw. Noi and her partner (Nuu-ie, I think) looked after Evan when he got lost on our first night in Chiang Mai, see Getting Our Bearings.

So the Zoo was Zoo-ey. Animals needlessly imprisoned and all that. The biggest drawcard for the Zoo was a newly born Panda. So we skipped that and followed a heap of Thais' into 'The Snow Dome'. We had no less than three safety briefings and everyone had to don protective gear. I got roused on because I did not put on the allotted snow boots. Then we were taken into an airlock and given one last briefing before being led into a room. It was about the size of a tennis court and full of snow and some plastic frozen pandas. Everyone went wild and squealed, then ran around like dillys. It was nice to escape the midday heat for ten minutes.

Ev was buggered by the time Noi dropped us home. So he has been reading and is now sleeping. I went to training and am now sore, tired and hungry. Time to wake him up I think....

Nu-ie, Ev and Noi next to their Songtaw
Safety conscious snow people
Ev gets at one with the animals
Donkey Shlong
Legless Llama - had a few too many.
One of our jungle cousins
Rhino Butt
Mad evil Penguin God
one of the Chiang Mai Zoo altars
Submitted by tregeagle on 6 August, 2009 - 23:01