The San Diego Wild Animal Park

Thats just one of the many brilliant colors we saw at the San Diego wild animal park today.. It was a total day of funnnnnnn.. And its something that everyone HAS to do on a decent-length visit to SD. Sandy told me that the Wild Animal park was a lot more fun than the zoo and after the day I am guessing she was probably right... There were far more birds than animals on retrospect. The birds were all brilliantly colored and flew from far corners of the world. We sat through a bird show at an amphitheatre which was soo cute.. All these birds of prey swooping in from different places of the theatre was a sight to see.. they had everything from talking parrots to overgrown condors and it was such fun..

We also got to catch the elephant show where 'Cha cha' who almost danced Cha-cha-cha.. It was a pretty cool show as well. As for the wilderness, we got the majestic Lion, the king of the jungle in a habitat that I felt constrained them too much. They had an island kind of thing for 4 lions that was about 200 feet radius... A li'l small.. whereas for one lone boring white tiger they had yaaaaards of space. Hmph. I love tigers.. but this one was a little bit of the let-down. We felt most bad for the poor gorillas that looked bored out of their wits. Indeed Sandy and I were taking turns to make faces like the expressions those gorillas had which was basically staring into eternity and scratching their head probably wondering why the hell such similar looking creatures were gawking at them.

All in all, I must say that the park is sooooooo well planned... so well chalked out... tonnnnnnns of open space, natural habitats for allll the animals, loads of food places, restaurants, rest rooms and gift shops - a cool tram ride around the "African" region and a lotta more perks.. It was a lot of walking but it was worth every calorie burnt... So, if you are in San Diego, dont forget to invest a day in the Wild Animal Park... there's something for everyone out there. :)