Lions, and Tigers, and Bears...oh my!

Yesterday we went to this little carnival thing that is in town for a few weeks. We had asked to go to it, and they agreed but as the day approached they said we were going to the zoo.  We were really confused until we got there and realized that the rides were for little kids and we were really going to this zoo thing here at the carnival. 

Entrance to the "zoo"

When we walked in there were all these cages in trailers (usually 3 per trailer) and a camel and two ponies in the center. They had an amazing assortment of animals. I'll not give any more commentary than that it was so sad to see them in the cages.

Costia came with us so he and Matt goofed around and had fun.

 

Igor had never seen lions in person before so we took lots of pictures!

The little camel was awesome...so cute and fuzzy and sweet. It's been unseasonably warm the past two days and I think he was the only animal that looked comfortable here. There was a guy who worked there that would go around and poke the animals with a stick so they would wake up and "pose" for pictures. I think that these animals would have killed him in two seconds flat if they had the chance. 

We had lunch with our translator Igor at a nice outdoor restaurant. Matt had plov (rice with meat and some veggies) which is such a great meal. Clint and I had the lagman which is the noodles with veggies. 

Afterwards we went to use the restroom and the women's side had half walls and no fronts to the stalls. Everyone in there was on their cell phone.  Interesting! 

Exciting news is that the real circus is in town! Elephants and everything (which is a big deal as our translator has not seen them before either!). We will be going sometime next week and we're cautiously optimistic. 

On the Nathan Mo front, we've had a little trike the past few days. He had never really ridden it before so he didn't know what to do but he's getting a little better. He really loves it...when someone helps him move! :)