I took a one week off from the office before the new year and what a wonderful time i had throughout those times getting free from all the paperworks and related issues...more importantly i got to spend lovely times with my love T which now has reached its 2nd year..and getting better....
What i love about him is that he shares the same passion to travel places and see many interesting attractions similar to mine and he took great pleasure in taking pictures of sceneries and also serious in ensuring he captured them perfectly. Thus, modeling for him would require me to take stand in few positions or be in the same positions with the same background for few times until he is satisfied that the picture taken is perfect.
during the recent holiday, we visited another interesting place outside of Bangkok, located in Chonburi province which was the Khaokeow Open Zoo.
It wont be a problem if you are driving or hiring a guide to travel to this place but if you are taking public transport, i believe you may need to take multiple rides to reach this place. Once you have reached Chonburi, you may need to travel further using inner country roads which lead to this zoo.
Travelling from Bangkok took us about one-hour to reach Chonburi...
from here follow the road sign leading to the zoo....
later you'll be greeted with wonderful scenery of the countryside..i told T this scenery reminds me of Perth in summer....
and finally reached the main entrance to the zoo...we got to pay the Thai entrance fee due to T...if i recall it was around 70baht for locals and higher for outsiders. You also need to pay entrance fees of 50baht if you drive your own car.
you may also rent a buggy car at a price and limited for 2 hours to explore the zoo...walking on foot is not recommended as the area is vast and wide and further segmented to different types of attractions.
map of the zoo
Colourful iguana...i hate reptiles...but T loves them... ;)
then we entered into another compound full of deer lazying around and free to be touched and fed...you may buy veggie to feed the deer at 20baht....
more deer..this type is different from the ones left to roam free, and these are captive in enclosure....
for hippo lovers..you'll not be dissappointed...
next we made our way to the aviary with many exotic and colourful birds roam freely therein....
a wonderful thing about this aviary is that the walkway leads to the top of the canopy so that you'll have a "bird's eye view" of the enclosure and the birds living in the same...
T admiring the bird....
we moved further up and arrived at an open spaced area where all the animals such as giraffe, zebra, ostriches and wildebeest are kept....
T was mesmerized by these animals and captured them in actions....
rhinoceros enclosure called the Rhino Club...however i do feel quite alarmed that they only have minimal separation between the visitors area and the rhino whereby all these rhinos have their sharp horns still intact....
other animals in the zoo...
we really had a wonderful time at the open zoo. This place is suitable for families with young children as they will surely be mesmerized with their close encounters with these animals. They also have a night safari here which runs from 7pm. If you have sufficient time in your holiday to Bangkok, do make sometime for an excursion outside of Bangkok and visit this open zoo as im sure you'll have a similar wonderful experience as mine-Kay2012
