I had an absolutely wonderful weekend in Edinburgh with the boyf. On our second day in the beautiful city we visited Edinburgh zoo. It was fantastic! One of the best zoos I have visited. Almost every animal was happy and visible in it's enclosure. Some animals, like leopards and bears, are really difficult to spot in some zoos (like London zoo!) but in Edinburgh zoo they were in full view. I highly recommend a visit to the zoo if you are in the city. We managed to get the reduced, book-in-advance, winter special tickets for a tenner each and we spent well over 4 and a half hours there! (in contrast to Dynamic Earth, that we spent a tenner on and spent a grand total of an hour and a half!). I made good use of my camera and here are some of my favourite photos from our little day trip...
I couldn't leave these little fellas out! The natural British wildlife was invading the Siberian Musk Deer enclosure and I couldn't resist a little snap of the squirrels :)
The Leopard is one of the animals I have always failed to spot in other zoos, I didn't quite get a perfect shot, but to see it at all was a bonus... and what a magnificent cat!
The Zebra and Kudu enclosure was great, really huge and had a little viewing point in the middle of it. I caught this little zebra having a drink at the water hole.
How adorable is this little guy!
It's the mating season for the penguins and this little guy spent absolutely ages painstakingly picking up pebbles in his beak and gradually filling up the nest for his potential lady :)
This amazing Sea Eagle was just hanging out right at the front of it's enclosure posing for a photo!
Possibly the snooziest koala ever!
Squirrel monkeys
The sun bear. Another animals that I have never seen in captivity, this guy was scavaging around his enclosure looking for hidden food.
The lemur walk was great too. We timed it just right when everyone was at the penguin parade and managed to have the whole place to ourselves, aside from the lemurs of course! I caught this lemur mid-leap from the rock to the log.
This lemur had a little sniff of my boots! It's so amazing to get up close to these lovely creatures. My trip to Edinburgh zoo definitely enhanced my stay in the gorgeous Scottish city!
Yesterday I embarked on a little journey to London to visit my lovely sister along with the parentals. Our first point of call was the Tower of London. I'd never actually been there before in all my London outings! It was brilliant, a little pricey, but that is to be expected in the city and it was well worth it: there was so much to see!
Traitors Gate
Lion Gargoyle
Off to see the crown jewels! There was so much sparkle! But alas, photography was not allowed in the vaults... It was rather busy so we had to view the really sparkly pieces on a travelator to keep the crowds moving.
The ravens were so used to the tourists that they all posed for the many cameras...
The changing of the guard...
We made a pit stop at The Dickens Inn...
... then the weather made a turn for the worst! We hopped on a Thames Clipper to travel down the river towards Greenwich and the Maritime Museum.
Me and Jenny outside the Tower of London. I think Jenny may have coordinated her dress to match the medieval tent in the background ;)
