So, I believe I've covered Saturday at Kew Gardens. Now it's time for Sunday at the zoo. This being of course Sunday the 24th of April, and again it was a scorcher of a day.
We arrived in the vicinity of the zoo, getting off at Camden Town stop on the tube if I remember correctly. We quickly got our bearings, passing by the famous World's End tavern and the not at all famous Spread Eagle and on towards Regent's Park. The zoo was fairly busy, but we finally got to give them our money so we could get inside after about 15 minutes in line.
Our first stop was the lizard house, which contained snakes, frogs and reptiles from all over the world. From there I do recall seeing some gorillas and lions and tigers, as well as some bearded pigs. The penguins were particularly enjoyable as they were being fed as we arrived. They actually formed an orderly queue to be fed little fishes.
Perhaps most impressive was the Galapagos turtles, one of which was massive and born some time in the 1940s it is believed. The life expectancy for these turtles is at least 100 years. Also, I saw my first mongoose, which looked different to what I'd imagined somehow. The butterfly hut was also breathtaking. Hundreds of fragile and beautiful butterflies flying around us as we were allowed to walk right through them.
I'll give some pictures now to round off this double post. I think next I'll go over the royal wedding weekend, if memory serves.
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