One of the highlights of the trip was with the elephants!

I had mentioned to Derek that I loved the elephants and if I had a bucket list, which I don’t, I would have listed, “Ride an elephant”.  He smiled and a plan began to formulate in his mind.  The pictures will show what he did to help me fulfill my dream!  But, before the dream come true we watched the show.  During the show, they asked for a volunteer to come hula hoop with an elephant.  Lyndsy raised her hand and she was chosen.  She just about outdid the elephant and totally took the stage away.  There were pictures being snapped all over the place and all centered on this blond American girl on stage.  She was fantastic and the audience loved her.

Being kissed by an elephant is like having a vacuum cleaner hose put on your chin and then pulling it off.  However, the vacuum hose isn’t moist with elephant slobber!!

Feeding the lions, tigers and giraffes

The most interesting thing that we saw was the tiny newborns being cared for.  Baby bears and leopards.

Feeding the giraffes was incredible.  They were right by us.  We reached out and touched their faces and they licked our hands.  That would never happen at the Hogle Zoo.  The Chinese want you to buy food and feed the animals.  What a fun experience.  Their eyes are gorgeous!

Getting ready for another fun day.

Today is Wednesday.  Our last day before heading to Hong Kong.  We are going to Chime Long Animal Park. 

Pictures outside Derek’s apartment.

Chime Long Animal Park

The thing that was so amazing about this park is that the animals are not behind glass enclosures.  They are almost within reaching distance.  For most of the animals, there was a mote that surrounded their habitat.  I think the only animals that were enclosed were the white tigers and the lions.

Notice that Lyndsy is pointing to their spelling of South.