ZOOO TIMEEEEE
Actually hold that thought, I just have to go and see why smoke is coming into my room.
Ok, it seems like somebody forgot about a pan of a bready substance or something, so i've opened the windows and flamey disaster has been averted. Give me the key to the city!
OK UENOOO ZOOOOOOO attempt 2!!
Today was a good day, I love zoos and animals which is why this post is so full of pictures and other goodies!
To start with the day was going only averagely, I lost signal for the first time due to going underground (why they don't have sub-terra wifi is a mystery to me) and then we ended up at the wrong Ueno station a kilometre away from the zoo. However the walk to the zoo was really nice the path was really pretty and covered in loads and loads of trees! The was even a little temple along the way (pictured below) hard to believe this was in the middle of Tokyo city!
A weird encounter on the way was that of a strange old monk. He shoved a leaflet in my hand and demanded I want peace. So I said yes.... this is when he presented me the booklet of the amount of money I would pledge. However when I looked at the booklet there was only non-japanese names next to obviously ridiculous sums of money, mostly over a million yen. I then asked the monk if these people had actually given him this amount of money, in response to this, he took the leaflet back and told me that I didn't want peace. Strange fellow. More peaceful after he left actually.......
In the zoo!
Ueno zoo is actually amazing, there are so many animals to see that it can take all day and sometimes more than one day. It's also super cheap to get in at the equivalent of around £4!!
We started off our day by running like maniacs to the lions and tigers area! This was party because lions are super cool, but mainly because they were being put in their houses at 2pm for enclosure cleaning (and we arrived at 1:30). So we got to the big cats and took a million pictures, they were really cute but also big and scary...
I also spotted a rare wild Japanese zookeeper in one of the exhibits!!!
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| Rare! |
Other of the highlights of the day was going on the monorail! It didn't cost very much or take to long and it's always nice to zoom along above everybody looking at the animals birds-eye style, while also avoiding a trek over a big hill.
At the other end of the monorail is where the exotic bird house was, and this is where I saw the "Sam-bird". Ok, it's not really called that, it's actaully a 'cock-of-the-rock' and comes from the andes. I call it the Sam-bird, not because i'm a cock, of the rock or otherwise.... but because I believe that if per say a genie came along to earth and turned every human into a bird, i'd become that one.
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| Hey there sexy chick. ;) |
I also managed to see most of my other favourite pokemon animals including:
Relicanth The Japanese giant salamander;
And also
Couldn't have asked for a better selection!
On the way out I also got attacked by a giant ostrich;
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| HELPPPP!! |
Grappled a salamander;
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| I have you now! |
And exercised a lot of restraint to avoid buying all these little squishy adorable cuddly toys;
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| Soon..... soon.... |
Overall as you can see it was a great day out with all the new people I have met here and it was also nice seeing the animals I missed last time I visited the zoo (last year). Although the bear is still an enigma. Here's one last compilation of my favourite animals of the day!
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