Wuhan Zoo.

China combined 2 of their holidays this year.  They celebrated the Mid-Autumn festival and the National Day.  We had the entire 1st week of school off.  During that week we looked up something fun to do with the girls.  We found the zoo and gave it a shot.  The shows that they have with the animals are great!  It is like a circus the way that the animals preform at their zoos.  When we went to the zoo in Shenzhen we found the cages and enclosure sub par and at times a little sad for the animals.  That was nothing compared to the zoo here.  Really it was horrible!  The girls enjoyed seeing the animals and being out as a family.

In the taxi on our way to the zoo.  Robert was in the front seat.

The seal show.

They have a ton of black swans.  We thought it fitting that the houses for them are Chinese in style.

 It was so cute at Kenya and Jasmin walked hand in hand around the zoo. 

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Family photo in front of bamboo.

Kenya took this picture.

There were many names carved into the bamboo.  Robert carved "Draper" into it as well.

These monkeys were cute, but it was so sad.  They all lived in nothing but a cement cell that had one place for them to perch.  We paid just over $1 to go and feed them.  These monkeys had one thing going for them, they were well fed.

 There was a potted garden walk through area.  I found these mini trees cool!  It reminded me of the Shire in Lord of the Rings.

 A huge lily pad at the zoo.  Robert said he had never seen one so big.  There they eat the blossoms and roots.  Lotus root is served at every dinner that the school has ever taken us to. 

I could not resist taking this picture.  This old couple it so cute.  They walked hand in hand though out the zoo.  It appeared the the lady had some disability.   When we lived in Shenzhen we did not really see any young couples or really even hear about people being in love.  It seemed that even the people that we knew were married when we asked them about their spouse they did not want to talk about them.  We got the feeling that love wasn't really part of the culture here.  We love that here in Wuhan we often she couples embracing, holding hands and even kissing.  We see the love and affection in their eyes as they look at each other.  It seems like a nice family place here. 

We hope this will be Robert and I some day. 

Monkey riding a bike.

More holding hands.

 It is not uncommon for people to take pictures of our children and to shove their child next to our and force them to touch and take a picture.  This one turned out rather nice, so we snapped a photo too. 

The girls and some random Chinese child.

Running together! 

The tiger on the right very well could have been the largest tiger ever! 

The shows were great!  Bears riding bikes, jump roping and walking on a balance beam, tigers walking on balls and jumping through hoops, monkeys riding horses and bikes.   Like a said a great circus. 

More monkeys riding bikes.