Anyway, basically the Night Safari is a zoo centered around a pond. You walk around the pond to see all the animals and things. It was so cool. The view from the beginning was gorgeous! The first thing we saw when we got there were giraffes and there was a baby giraffe too! It was so cute. 
Then we saw tigers. There were so many tigers here. White tigers and stripeless tigers and normal tigers. Most of them were sleeping but we got to see one running around. It was so cool. I think that is what makes this place better than any normal zoo I have been to. The animals were lively and moving around for the most part rather than just sleeping all day!
Next, we got to feed the birdies. I was quite scared to do this, but it turned out to be fun. There were hundreds of them. When we walked in they were all sitting on the branches chirping away. We held out our hands and they began to eat. All of a sudden they would all dart across to the other side of the cage.... ALL Of them. It was so scary. Here is Moe feeding some birdies. He was the best at it!
We saw a chimpanzee, iguanas, tortoises, peacocks, leopards (and many other cats), parrots, owls, crocodiles, anteaters, lemurs, panthers, bats, and many other things that I can not remember.
This is one of my favorite pictures because the panther is so silly! Who knew cats sleep like that.
What made this adventure unique is partially that we are in Thailand but partially the set up of the place. As I said before, the animals were much more alert and awake but also because its Thailand you can walk around the exhibit or through the bushes to get a closer look! haha. But it is true. There aren't bars or concrete separating you from the animals. It is generally just a net. Sometimes there is a glass front for the scarier animals, but still nets on the sides for natural air flow. If you really want a better view, you just walk around to look through the net. Some of the animals are so close to the net that if you really wanted to you could reach out and touch it.... Moe was getting quite adventurous and touching as much as possible... though not setting a good example for the children with us ;)
Oh the other thing was that there were deer. For me, seeing deer is not a big deal. However, these deer were domesticated....like strangely. You could walk right up to them, and they would just stare at you. They would even let you feed them and pet them. It was weird.
OH and the camels. They had camels by the deer at the end of the 'tour'. They were quite smelly in my opinion. Moe was feeling extra brave at this point and walked right up to the camel and started feeding it grass and touching it. It was unbelievable. There were 3 camels that were all jealous of the attention Moe was giving. I was terrified of course and stood far away fearing for his life, imagining him getting spat at or kicked or something! It was quite the experience though!
As we were walking out after a long but fun day with animals, we saw elephants walking around in the parking lot. We had to go visit them. For free we were able to pet them. For 30 baht we were able to feed them LOTS of food. And For 100 baht we were able to RIDE them. Of course we did all three things. It was so cool. Granted our ride on the elephant was through the parking lot but it was a start. Hopefully at some point we will ride the elephants in the jungle or something...maybe even bare back.
It was definitely a day to remember. Sadly our camera died half way through the day. Luckily our friends captured many pictures for us but we are still in the process of getting those from them. I will share more pics when we get them. It was a wonderful day and definitely a place we will take any visitors who make their way to us... hint, hint, come visit us!!
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