Chongqing Zoo

Today we went to the zoo. The boys really like this adventure!
Our guide asked Aric if he had ever been before and he said no.
Aric's favorite is the Panda - we learned that thru the guide. I'll have to say the language barrier is difficult. I really wish we could understand all his excited ramblings. It was nice when there was someone to translate for us.

Alex's favorite was the giraffes. It was a unique set up where there was glass and the could go inside and out but you could really see them close up. There was also Hippo's a Mom and baby. Boy those are big animals.

We tried to get the kids back so we can get them on a "schedule" of sorts. Then after they napped we went out and about. It is interesting just to walk around here.

The driving is crazy, traffic signals are next to non-existant, and people just walk in between the moving cars and there is a lot of beeping of horns.

Our room was hot most of the time and this is not even the hot season. We are staying at the Marriott and it is a very nice hotel, but NO air conditioning. UGH! So we opened the window and outside our window they are doing construction and this one machine that is very annoying goes on alllll daaay long and alll night long. Literally it didn't stop until after midnight. There is a lot of smog in this city of 30 million people. This city is the size of Beijing and Shanghai combined. LOTS of people.

So with the window open I had terrible allergies and there is lots of cigarette smoke everywhere. Wah!! I miss clean air for sure.

Looking forward to going to Guangzhou with it's wonderful temperatures and sunshine.

Oh yeah - very little in the way of sunshine here. It is grey.