Seoul Grand Zoo

After the sore legs we got from walking so much while enjoying James’ choice for weekend travel, I decided that the family would spend the day at the Seoul Grand Zoo. We packed a lunch and got a late start heading out. Since the traffic was a little backed up on the way there, we didn’t arrive into the parking lot until almost 11:30, so we ate our lunch in the car and then headed inside. The cherry blossoms were in full bloom so it was beautiful walking to the gate.

The Cherry Blossoms along the road leading to the Grand Park Zoo

One of the giraffes must have seen us taking pictures, so it stuck its tongue out at us.

For the whole family, it only cost 8000 won to get in (what a steal). We let the kids lead the way and take their time looking around. The most interesting thing was the bathroom near the giraffe exhibit. Each stall had their own window (one-way, I assume) facing into the giraffe area. It felt like they could sense you in there and would come walking up. The zoo was fun and the kids especially enjoyed the playground area they had there. It had a lot of dinosaur slides and climbing walls, as well as an elephant slide where you came out through the trunk. Everybody enjoyed themselves and we definitely plan to go back again.

Here's the kids sliding through a crocodile's mouth.

Ashley the Meerkat

Kudos definitely have to go out to the Koreans for their ice creams. We bought some while we were at the zoo and found even more varieties than we thought they had. I could probably do a whole blog entry on their desserts (and might...), but here's a picture of a particular favorite; doesn't it look delicious?