Simba Was Majestic

So having seen the SF, San Diego, and Oakland Zoos, (Yeah I added Oakland, it has great elephant, otter, and bear exhibits and is wildly underrated) it was going to take a lot for us to be wowed by the Sydney Zoo. We were not disappointed. First of all, as you can see below, the ferry ride was gorgeous. After that we got to take a gondola ride up over a hill and into the zoo. The ride took us directly over the elephant enclosure. Kyle was pretty bummed that the enormous platypus exhibit was closed, but besides that, the zoo was pretty cool. We watched an impressive seal show and then were absolutely wowed by the lions. It was nuts. There was one adult male and two adult female and they walked straight up to the glass and basically just did epic stuff for like 15 fifteen minutes straight. You can check out the photos to try and get a feeling for how close these things were. Right after that was the tiger enclosure that had an adult female and three adolescent cubs. They were all out right in front of the glass rolling around, posing, and wrestling. The rest of the zoo was great and we caught the ferry back just in time to grab a bite from the Vivid festival and pop over to the harbor near our hostel to watch a free fireworks show.

To conclude, we absolutely beastmoded Saturday in Sydney. In case you are trying to keep count at home, that was one weekend market, two ferry rides, one zoo, bomb food, and a free fireworks show, all in one day.  

Hanging out above the elephants

That is not a statue

Decent views

Just a seal doing a handstand on command. No big deal.

Cali mascot

Not sure what this thing is

Posing hardcore

This is the wiseman pose

The girls got involved too but...

You can't beat this

or this

Little creepy when they stare you down

Cubs cuddling

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Boom

And a little vivid to round the day out