Friday came and we were all excited to return to San Pedro, Belize. San Ignacio was an awesome place but it did not have the homey and comfortable feeling that San Pedro has. We packed up our stuff and headed home around 9:00 a.m. We started off on a bus which took us by the Belize Zoo. This zoo was a little different than what we are used to because it was almost as if the humans were the ones caged in looking out at the animals in their natural habitats. All of the animals in the zoo were rescue victims from around the community. Our driver to the zoo was also a guide so he came into the zoo area with us. It was awesome because he knew the different calls the animals made. He would make the noise and the animals would come out of their hiding spots. The high light of the visit was feeding the Jaguar! We went through the jaguar cage in order to get into another cage within the Jaguar’s territory. The jaguar then came over to our cage and we got to feed it raw chicken and pet it! It was really gentle until it noticed we had food! The guide inside the cage got Junior, the jaguar, to do summersaults for us and to climb on top of the cage! It was such an awesome experience. Bailey and I got a lot of pictures to use for our children’s book that we are writing so that was exciting as well! At the zoo we also got to pet and play with the tapir, the national animal of Belize! He was so sweet and is also going to be the main character of our book. After about two hours at the zoo, we got back on the bus and headed to the water taxi to take us home. At around 6:00 p.m. we arrived home and settled back into our rooms.
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| Junior looks a little hungry! |
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| Tapir! |
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| Dr. K trying to get me to hold a boa! |
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