Today was a very full day. We started out by picking up Audrey's TB result at the healthcare clinic, then walking to the U.S. Consulate for our appointment. There were no cameras allowed, so I don't have any pictures of it, but we had to take an oath & do an adoption interview, then they took Audrey's passport along with other papers to be able to issue her Visa. This is the last step in the process! Her Visa should be ready for pickup late tomorrow. When we land in San Francisco & go thru Customs she will become a U.S. citizen! Yay!
Straight from the Consulate, our driver took us to Safari Park & we spent the day there with another family. This place was AMAZING! By far, the neatest zoo experience we've ever had! I took hundreds of pictures but I will try to narrow it down to a few of the highlights. We started out by taking a tram ride thru areas where these animals were...
These kangaroos looked so funny just relaxing...
There was nothing separating us from these camels & giraffes & zebras except for the workers holding sticks to control them if they needed to! They could come right up to the tram!
Audrey seemed to enjoy it. She did a lot of pointing to the animals...
Then we got to walk around the zoo part. There were so many of each type of animal & they were all so active & close-up to us!
We got to feed the giraffes! He quickly yanked this branch out of Audrey's hands!
This park has one of the largest collections of white tigers in the world & Aaron got to throw out raw meat to them!
And there were baby tigers! So cute!
And then there were a ton of newborn tigers in incubators!
Beautiful birds...
There was nothing separating us from these orangutans. They were just playing above our heads!
And Koala Bears!
An amazing elephant show...
And the only set of panda triplets in the world, born just last year! These 3 were so cute & funny wrestling & playing together...
Audrey was doing a lot more talking today and even saying "ma ma" and "da da"! (although not sure if it was always directed at us or just random babbling!)
We had a very fun and full day! The next 2 days we don't have anything specific planned. Probably hanging close around the hotel & then packing up to come home!
Looks like a fun time for everyone. Your pictures are great. Looking forward to having you back home. Enjoy the rest of your time.
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