Safari, Zoo & BBQ

There was a butterfly exhibit at the Safari Park two weeks ago.  It was really lovely.  When you entered the enclosure there were all sorts of butterflies flying around.  You had to be careful where you stepped and we all had to do a little twirl before leaving the enclosure to make sure there were no butterflies on us.  The park was very busy, which also gave us a taste of what it will be like in the summer.  We are spoiled at the moment.  Most of the parks are pretty quiet and we can come and go as we please...  It's amazing how quickly you get used to these luxuries and then start to complain about silly tourists :-)......

Last week we headed to the Zoo and met up with Marie-Jose, Thijs and the kids.  We saw some more beautiful animals and the creepy insect enclosure.  It was full with all the things you would NEVER want to encounter on a camping trip; beetles, scorpions, ants, bees and really weird stick insects.  Thankfully we don't have any photos to commemorate the occasion.

I much preferred the cute monkeys.  If you look carefully at the picture of the monkey below, you can see that he thought ''the grass is always greener on the other side".  It was fun watching him swing into action and grab the grass through the wire with his ridiculously long arms.  The San Diego Zoo is really beautiful and deserves the worldwide recognition it has.  After a lovely day at the zoo we ended with a delicious BBQ at Fam. Neerhof.

One of the many homeless in San Diego.