I had Saturday off this week(something that almost never happens) and I thought I should do something fun. So I decided to take a drive down to San Francisco with the hopes of going to Chinatown, the Zoo, Japantown, and a beautiful Japanese Tea Garden. Well it didn't all work out as planned, I spent a little bit too much time in Chinatown and the Zoo so I couldn't go by Japantown or the Tea Garden which was my main reason for going to San Francisco. Next time! Anyways after trying to find parking for about 30 minutes I worked my way into Chinatown. I haven't ever seen all of Chinatown so I spent time going in most of the stores which was very fun.
All of the little baked goods in this shop looked so good!I wish I could have eaten some but I doubt any were gluten free so I decided not to chance it.
A beautiful little store with a bunch of very nice things inside.
A local kung fu dojo was out in a parade like thing that was really cool! There were several people walking around in dragons and there was drumming and fireworks. The whole thing happened so fast and everyone ran over to see it.
From Chinatown I headed over to the San Francisco Zoo which was about a 30 minute drive. The area around the zoo was very different, it was much more suburban than the rest of San Francisco. Parking was free for the zoo, something I was really happy about and it only cost $15 to get in. The first thing I noticed is that the zoo was HUGE! At least it is much bigger than the one in Sacramento.
There were so many cool animals in the zoo, my favorite were probably the Aye-Ayes. Aye-Ayes are a nocturnal lemur that lives only in Madagascar. San Francisco is one of only four zoo's in the US that has these lemurs. To see them I had to go into an almost pitch black building where they were.
After your eyes got used to the darkness you could see four little Aye-Ayes darting around in their room. It was incredible to see them because it is such a uncommon and somewhat bizarre animal.
Rafiki from the Lion King!
Spider monkeys. I sat infront of them for about five minutes and this little guy never stopped sprinting everywhere.
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