... head for the zoo! Since we were both quite sick this weekend, we decided to lay low and stay close to home. Neither of us felt like doing too much, so we decided to head to Saigon's Botanical Gardens just to spend some time outside and to enjoy nature. Imagine our surprise when we learned that the Botanical Gardens actually share a space and title with the National Zoo. Yes, we were able to walk around and enjoy the trees while also getting creepily close to wild animals. Unfortunately the less than ideal state the animals were forced to live in made us feel even worse ... not better. That, and the lack of fencing, led us to believe that we might just end up on Animal Planet's "When Animals Attack," show.
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| The poor elephant was chained up and emaciated. Not a good combo. |
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| Mere feet away from a Malaysian Porcupine. Or as Anthony Bourdain might say, a Squeasel. |
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| We thought this bear was stuffed and on display. Then we noticed he was panting. |
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| Heidi thought someone had broken this Ostrich's legs. Research later proved it is just how they sleep. |
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| The happiest critter in the zoo = Heidi. |
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| These guys could have eaten us alive if they had the energy (or space) to actually move. |
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| Heidi's haircut. |
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| Adam's new ties. 6 for $8. |
After hanging with the repressed animals, we decided to go find some new ties for Adam and to get Heidi a haircut. This, along with a gorgeous sunset, helped once again lift our spirits and for a brief moment, help us forget that we had some sort of Saigon flu!
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