Wildlife Park

We made a family trip down to the Bahrain Wildlife Park yesterday. Now there is a reason they call it a "Park" and not a "Zoo". Not much to see, but Mary Ellen loves animals so we thought it would be a different way to spend a Saturday. Most of the park is actually a wildlife preserve that the King began to preserve some native animals and can only be accessed by the public through a bus tour. When I came over while I was pregnant we did the bus tour and it was interesting...and quite honestly anything at that point I could do sitting down, I was a happy camper. We just walked around the park this time. Now if you're thinking to yourself what animals are native to the "great sandbox" and all you can come up with is the camel...you'd be close. There were several types of bird, several types of goats and the camel...not much else. It was a nice afternoon, however, in a lush and beautifully landscaped park.

Andrew's pointing out the ducks and all the other birds to M&M. Nice for them to know that a duck isn't just a plastic yellow toy they play with in the tub!

M&M enjoy the Emu and Ostrich.

OK, so the camel is still the favorite! And M&M were able to get real close thanks to three kids who were pulling up landscaping plants to feed them. I guess there are little hooligans everywhere.

You can see one of the little hooligans in this picture...of course Mary Ellen thought it was the hilarious!

M&M taking a break while we wait for Daddy. You can see behind them some of the beautiful lush trees, palms, and rock waterfall that fed into the lake. Welcome sight in a dry and dusty country. M&M love to be in their side-by-side stroller. They'll talk to each other and sometimes hold hands and more often-than-not pester each other. This usually gets one or the other laughing. They were pretty quiet this day, just taking in all the sights.

As you can see in the last picture, Mary Ellen is the one to spot Daddy coming back...oh how she loves her Daddy!

Fun trip, but this will probably be our only visit to this "Park". However, we've already begun talking about the great "Zoo's" we'll be able to visit when we get back to the states!