August 17th, 2009 Zoo around Malaga
Today Pedro offered to drive me back to the Jerez zoo, Instead of having to take the train. This didn’t sound like such a bad idea since we met up and headed off to Jerez early the next morning. Driving there actually proved to be much more efficient than I thought it would be, especially between the two of us trying to figure out where we were on the map. We were able to follow the ‘zoologico’ signs and arrive at the zoo in no time at all. I really thought we’d end up driving around Jerez lost, but luckily we didn’t.
In fact, the Malaga Zoo, which is about 2 hours from Jerez, we decided we could make that trip today too. That’s how much time we saved by not taking the train. We have a room booked at a Malaga Spain Hotel, so we’ll be able to get there by check in time. Malaga was a stretch, but we decided to be chancy. We parked in this dirt parking area which was next to the zoo and headed straight for the hippos. We caught them sleeping and kind of hidden, so it was almost impossible to take a picture of them, a good one anyway. I had to crane my next around and down into their enclosure, and Pedro had to hold on to me so I wouldn’t fall over. All I ended up getting were shots of their bodies, no heads. So, Pedro started calling to them, trying to wake them up and get them out of the corner they were in, it was no use, the hippos were totally out of it.
Pedro said we’ll wait right where we were, if it takes all day, he wanted me to get a good photograph. Luckily, we didn’t have to wait long, with a bit of heavy lifting, on their part, they wandered over to their caged area in search of food. I snapped away with my camera. They didn’t find what they were looking for, so headed back to their corner again. But, I was satisfied with the shots I did get, so off we went to the Malaga Zoo and take hippo photos there.
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