Clarisse sees macaws.

Daddy sees a crab...

catches it,

and shows more excitement than warranted.

 They wondered if he were like Mr. Spots.

Hungry  hippo

The girls loved the sea lion show.

Kiss me, dear.

Even at the zoo, you just can't escape Bangkok traffic.

We came upon baby elephants and their handlers at an off time.  We fed them some bananas.  The handlers offered to let our girls ride.  Every girl did.  Alizabeth even got up the guts to...

The elephant fun made my day because it was unexpected, not part of a "show", and the trainers didn't ask for any money at all.  I offered the elephant a 100 baht tip for the fun, which he gladly accepted, bowed, and at the trainers command grunted two syllables, "Thank you."

Another fun encounter.  We fed them, too.

Now that Krista can handle the camera, maybe you'll actually see this couple on this side of the camera more often.

 The crowd at the dolphin show.

   Good shot, Christine.

 In a shady spot around a corner...

Fresh coconuts before the trip home.

Arriving.

Looking into a baby house.  About 5 adults care for some 25 babies.  Hmmm...in our house, three adults care for 4 kids.

Toddler area.

Greetings from white-face, long nose.

Aree (foreground) and I (background) helping during lunch.

Most special moment: Alizabeth steps forward to help, too.

Down the street where a local hospital has a little playground.

They made up games of their own.

and generally looked cute

Ok, so it's posed...

But this was spontaneous

She didn't fall off the swing, even when I did hit her in the face with the ball.