Seoul Grand Park Zoo

Last Saturday we took Alden to the biggest zoo that we know of in Seoul at Seoul Grand Park.  We had lots of fun walking around the zoo and seeing all the animals, some of which I had never seen before.  Alden had a blast and refused to nap all day because he was so entertained.  Some of the highlights of the day were getting to feed and pet deer and kangaroos and getting to hold a snake.  Here are pictures from our day at the zoo.

 Okay, they had this sign all over but it doesn't really make sense. 

 So, this exhibit was not Alden's favorite.  I think he was scared by all the bugs and spiders at first.  Here is a video of it.

 He did warm up to them a little bit as we went but still clung to Daddy a lot.

 I know the pictures aren't great but this was a really cool building with tons of nocturnal animals.

 We got to go into two different rooms with tons of birds flying around.  The birds were being really noisy in the second room.  Here is a video of them.

Alden loved watching all of the sea lions and seals.

Okay so went to what was supposed to be a dolphin show but all they did was talk and then occasionally they had a dolphin demonstrate something.  The thing was, if it had been in english it might have been interesting and educational but they only spoke in Korean so it was really boring and a let down.

The seal on the right was pretty much the most interesting part of the show.  Alden normally loves animal shows but he got bored pretty fast with this one and didn't want to stay.  This video just shows how unexcited he was.

 We took Alden to go feed the deer and he was really scared of them.  Alden had no interest in touching the deer at all but at least he didn't cry or fuss.  Mostly, he just acted shy.

 The furry little white thing on the left was really funny because to me it looked like a rat that lived in the water or at least preferred to be in the water.

 They had tons of cool bears and pandas.  The panda below is the red panda.

 Alden was willing to touch the snake shown below a lot sooner than he was willing to touch the deer.

These were taken while we were waiting in line to feed and pet the kangaroos.  Alden was being really cute and having fun.  Here is short video of him waiting.

 Alden was scared of the kangaroos at first too but eventually warmed up to them and as you can see in the last photo he did pet one.  Here is a video of him with the kangaroos.

We had an awesome time at the zoo and it was fun to see Alden discovering more and being so interested in the animals.