Taronga Zoo

So yesterday I actually followed through on my plan to go to the zoo. At one of the first exhibits, I met a girl from Canada named Victoria who was also traveling by herself, so we became each other's zoo buddy. We were both commenting on the irony of checking out these poisonous and enormous snakes when both of us hate snakes, and we ended up deciding to take the tour together. It was fun having company and someone to talk to, especially because it feels a bit strange making exclamations aloud about the animals when you're alone.

They had a little bit of everything at the park, from lions to gorillas to penguins to kangaroos. My personal favorites were the tigers, which we got to see feeding, and the seals. I had no idea seals were so smart. We watched a show where they had them doing all sorts of tricks and even making specific facial expressions on command.

We saw every exhibit at the zoo, and here are a few pictures of my favorites:

Love the colors on this guy:

He looked fun:

And the tiger, looking majestic:

Most people back at the hostel were a bit worn out from the night before, so we stayed in and relaxed last night. Some of my friends from Canada were grilling kangaroo meat, so I got to try some. I was impressed. It was pretty good stuff, somewhat like lamb, but maybe a but tougher. But at least now that's one more thing I can check off my list for this trip.