Another catch up post...
We went to the Guanghzou Zoo on Wednesday morning. We have been on a mission to see the pandas since arriving in China. Next to getting Maddie that is what McKenna wanted to see the most.
The zoo is an old zoo, they still keep their animals in iron cages. They do seem to be upgrading some of the exhibits, so hopefully they will get more animals out of cages.
We also got to see a Liger, which is cross between a tiger and a lion. It was a unique looking animal for sure.
They had hippos, elephants, giraffes, monkeys, panthers and swans. Their animals were all very active so that made it fun to see.
When we got to the panda exhibit we found that it was closed for cleaning. McKenna thought we were joking at first, but burst into tears when she found out it was true. Our wonderful guide Jason went to bat for us trying to negotiate us visiting them in the back room. After several attempts he was able to talk them into letting us go and see them. We were not allowed to take photos, but they were only about a foot and half away from us. McKenna was beaming by the time she left the panda house. We were so glad she was finally able to see them!
We picked up an extra kid on our way to the zoo. Bree Lynn from Billings joined us for the day. It was nice for Lexi to have someone her age to hang out with and it will be nice for her to have someone she knows for Chinese New Year parties.
1 comment:
Glad your guide was able to get you in to the pandas, even if there were no photos.
Ruby
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