It was the penultimate weekend of our trip and the ash clouds were well and truly behind us. The team was bitten by the travel bug again and we gathered together to chalk out our weekend plans. It emerged that most of the team wanted to visit the Silver artisans town of Kote Gede and the nearby pottery village for some shopping while three of us including Dany, Jibu and myself were not very keen. hence we decided to split up and go to the Gembira Loka zoo instead.
As we entered it, it was like any other zoo...only a shade cleaner...which we later realized was on account of the impending visit by the President of Indonesia the following day...so we were lucky indeed !..it was a small zoo..not very exciting except for the reptile section, which had an amazing collection of snakes, turtles and of course the famed Komodo Dragon.
Quite contrary to their names, the Komodo "Dragons" are rather tame creatures..so no wonder the zoo keeper was just wandering near it as if it were his pet dog). The star attraction of the zoo was the Indian Albino "pet" Python which the visitors can hold and put it around their neck, if they are brave enough, for a small tip. The bravest among us was Dany who put it around his neck, while Jibu and me were content to just hold the python.
As we entered it, it was like any other zoo...only a shade cleaner...which we later realized was on account of the impending visit by the President of Indonesia the following day...so we were lucky indeed !..it was a small zoo..not very exciting except for the reptile section, which had an amazing collection of snakes, turtles and of course the famed Komodo Dragon.
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| Sleeping Dragon |
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| Dan, the Dragon |
Quite contrary to their names, the Komodo "Dragons" are rather tame creatures..so no wonder the zoo keeper was just wandering near it as if it were his pet dog). The star attraction of the zoo was the Indian Albino "pet" Python which the visitors can hold and put it around their neck, if they are brave enough, for a small tip. The bravest among us was Dany who put it around his neck, while Jibu and me were content to just hold the python.
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| Dany and his "pet" |
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| Jibu playing it safe |
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| ..mee..too |
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| Hungry Rhino |
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