This past Sunday, me, Jesus, Alvaro, and Yordanka were able to take two boys from the Orphanage out for the day! The boys names are Panchito and Richard. We also had Yordanka's niece, Alexa, along with us. As you might be able to see from the pictures, we had a great time! At first the boys were a little sad because they were not with all their friends from the Orphanage. As soon as we got to the Zoo though, they were just fine. They started running and looking at everything right away, and kept pulling on our hands to come on! I must say, the Zoo was much different than any Zoo I have ever been to before, and the smallest! I guess being raised in MO. I expected it to be like the St. Louis Zoo...boy was I wrong! The areas for the animals were very small, and did not have much in them. No trees, grass, or anything like that. It was just a small area for the animals, with a cement floor, and walls....very plain. We were close to the animals though! There was a fence that we stood at, and about 3 feet from the was the cage that the animal was in. Some of them you could lean over hte fence and touch the cage (and animals) if you really wanted too. There were not too many animals at the Zoo either. Lots of Leopards! Even though it was small, and not the best Zoo ever, we all had a great time! The kids loved every min. of it, so it was well worth it! Afterwards we went to TipTop, a fast food resturant chain here in Nicaragua. The kids got kids meals with chicken and fries and a drink..as well as an ice cream cup at the end. I'm not sure how long it had been since the boys had eaten a meal like that, but it was nice to be able to give them that time! I loved watching them! All in all, the day was a huge success, and a blast! I hope to be able to take the boys again one day and do something else with them.
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