another nice thing about not being on a tour is that i didn’t have anywhere to be at a certain time. it took some time for me to get into the true vacation mindset, but once i did i embraced it fully.

i slept in late, had breakfast of a non-cornflake variety, and enjoyed some coffee while reading on my balcony. the photo below is the view from my balcony. i didn’t enjoy as much coffee as i would have liked, i thought the coffee provided was instant, it wasn’t. total waste of good coffee.

i finally made my way out into the world around 1 PM to seek out a vegetarian restaurant called Bio i had heard about. i found it without a problem, and finally had a good meal that didn’t have any bread or cheese included. if i was staying closer to Bio i’d go back for sure.

it was a nice day, so after lunch i went to the zoo. i like going to the zoo in other countries because they have different animals than we do. there were a ton of these guys, which are Mara and they’re like rabbits.

the cutest little things i saw were Mono Titi, a kind of spider monkey and they were hilarious. i couldn’t get a good shot, but grabbed this one off the internet.

lots of llamas, ostrich, flamingos, monkeys, big cats and bears as well. they also had some penguins, i knew i’d get to see them on this trip somehow!

Mono Tiki photo courtesy of fotonostra.com