sam, ally, maddy, alex (new australian), anna (new australian's girlfriend, here for just a few weeks), tessa, and i had no plans for yesterday, so anna and alex organized a van trip out to a zoo/aquarium about 50 minutes away. we left at 8 am, despite the fact that the zoo--our main reason for going--didn't open until 10 am (bret, the guy who helps us get the van, likes to organize these trips so we leave REAL early in the morning so we can get to our destination, sit around, and wait).
no matter. we grabbed some caffeine and popped into an aquarium. actually, there were two aquariums: one cheap one for 30 baht, and one expensive one for 150 baht. maddy and i weren't feeling the expensive one, mostly because we knew it'd pale in comparison to monterey bay and didn't want to be disappointed. so we played speed and yahtzee on this lake in the park.
some time between 10 and 11, we hopped back in the van, and the driver took us back to the zoo. we paid maybe a dollar to get in, then for less than a dollar, we went into a cage with about 10 baby lions tigers (i'm pretty sure some of those were lions, anyway). it was just the seven of us and two handlers, kickin it in the cage with the big cat babies. the handlers shoved the cats into our hands, gave us bottles, and forced us to take adorable pictures holding the furry babies.
oh fineeeeee. i guess i needed a new post-christmas prof pic, anyway.
the cats romped around and we remarked at how much they were like...well, cats. they played with each other just like a litter of house kittens. they did have teeth (which weren't actually that sharp), and they did bite us a little, but it was a playful, light bite. they could've bitten our hands off in an instant, but we were friends, so they spared us.
after 15-20 minutes of tiger joy, the handlers told us our time was up. we wept, then went on to the rest of the zoo. after much animal sighting (i'm not gonna tell you about all of it here, mostly because pictures are better and i have to go to school pretty soon), we went to the huge sam chuk market, and came home.
not bad for a $20 day.
p.s. FOUR DAYS TO CHRISTMAS!
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