At the Adelaide Zoo - Trip No 2

Last Saturday, we went to the Zoo, again, but this time with Mona's cousin, Ajay, and his dad and girlfriend.

Mona and Ajay doesn't spend as much time together as they used to when they were smaller, so when the opportunity comes for them to have some fun together, I am more than happy to oblige, even it it means doing the same things several times... and what 3 year old doesn't like to spend the day at the Zoo? lol...
The kids were so excited to go to the Zoo, I mean they were really super duper excited!! As if they've never been to the zoo before... lol...
We had such a great time and the weather was just perfect... sunny but not hot! And we got to see some of the animals that we didn't get a chance to see last time!
And naturally I took tons of shots of the two kiddos together and of course of the animals too...
I was pretty happy by how the 'animals shots' came out... I really got some good ones and will share those with you for now... (the kids shots will need another post of it's own!! lol).

So here are the 'animals shots' from our second trip to the zoo:

'The Giraffes'
we love the giraffes, so I had to take another shot of them ;)

'The King of the Jungle'

And his wife, the Lioness
''The King's wives'... lol

Ok, so you are gonna laugh when you see this video!
We were at the African Lion Exhibit watching the two lioness, when this one came right in front of us, and mind you, very very close to the fence. Then she decides to stop in front of Anna (my brother in law's girlfriend). She stared at Anna for a brief moment and then she let out a little roar and stepped forward as if she was gonna jump on us!!
It took us all by surprise! And it was really scary at the time.... you can see how surprised (no, I was not scared at all... just a tiny bit surprised! lol, yeah right, as if you believed that! lol...) I was on the way the camera flipped up when I stepped backwards when this lioness surprised us with her 'fake attempt of an attack'!
I think she was just showing us who is still the boss here!

The 'little guys' from Madagascar Movie

It's Joey ( the little kangaroo)

'Miss Pink Flamingo'

'Hibiscus Flower'
(reminds me of home!)

The 'beautiful blue bird' (Blue and Yellow Parrot)

That bird was just gorgeous and seeing it flying this low was at the same time terrifying (because of all the kids sitting and standing around in the park area) and magical...

After the 'flying' show, Mona and I went up close to see the bird!

He is really beautiful...

And here is a shot of the zoo guide feeding the little birdy

Ok, so we are almost at the end of the 'animals shots', so I'll just say this:

'See you later, Alligator!'

And: 'In a while, Crocodile!'

lol...

In this shot actually, there was this little cute turtle that was swimming in the same pond as the crocodile, and this little turtle was either very arrogant or just plain crazy...
He went to swim right next to the mouth of this crocodile.... as if he wanted to kiss him or something... really... I was captivated by this little turtle and at the same time very terrified for him... fortunately, the croc didn't budge!! And the turtle just got bored and went in the other direction!! oufff...

Ok, now I am really stopping with the pictures (yeah was about time! lol), and will leave you with this very peaceful shot of the big Buddhas statues carved out of rock in the 'Asia Escape' section of the zoo....

It's really..... hmmm..... how should i put it... meditative...