Day 2: The Zoo

June 2nd, 2012

Today, Jess kept her promise and took me to go exploring her city. I was still a bit tired, but that quickly disappeared when I saw how big Caracas is! The city area has a population of around 5,905,463, while the metro area has a population of 6,474,367 people. Jess told me that they call natives or residents of Caracas “Caraquenians” or “Caraqueños” in Spanish. I guess I would be a mock Caraquienian for the time being!

Jess decided to take me to one of her favorite parts of the city, which is simply called the East Park. Strangely enough, it isn’t located to the east of the city, but rather in the middle of it. We took the bus to get to our destination because it is one of the more common ways to get around the large city. No complaints there! Would take forever walking. The park is beautiful and it even contains a small zoo! We strolled around the zoo and I saw so many animals that I have never seen before, except in pictures. Animals such as exotic birds, tapars, monkeys, and my favorite, red pandas!

 

We spent the entire day at the zoo looking at the animals, then we decided to head back home since we were getting exhausted and overheated from the 90 degree weather. Way warmer than regular Alaska weather! One more day successfully down, 18 more to go!

Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)