Alia On Safari

Today we went to the Chimelong Xiangjiang Safari Park in Guangzhou. It was half touring by safari bus and half walking. The zoo was interesting in that some of the exhibits were to look at the animals and others were performing animals. We saw the elephant show and it was pretty amazing to see them walk on a balance beam, stand on platforms and do other tricks. I don’t know what training methods they use, hopefully good ones. There were also performances by white tigers, dolphins, and birds. The koala exhibit was good, but the panda bear habitat was disappointing. Some parts of the zoo were very well maintained with animals that looked happy and others were not.

The picture of Alia is when we were on the safari train. We got to see sun bears on the safari which was a treat since we’ve never seen a live one before. We were supposed to bring a sack lunch to the park today, but hotel living doesn’t exactly give you a lot of choices so we ended up taking some peanuts, craisins, and a coke! Needless to say we were hungry when we got home so we had an early dinner at Lucy’s (a restaurant here on the island) that caters to Westerners. We had a cheeseburger and fries. After dinner we walked around the island and then bought a couple of Haagen-Dazs bars and called it a night. Tomorrow is more paperwork for Morgan (our adoption liaison) which means a free day for us. We miss you Nat and Mac!!