Wellington Zoo, Seat Quest Update

Yesterday was one of the first cloudy days we've had here in Wellington, apparently we've been lucky so far. We woke up a little later in the day because we wanted to take it easy after our last few days that were very hectic. We decided to head over to a photo shop nearby and pick up a new memory card for the Rebel X camera we have, the one we came with was already full! We tried walking down Vivian Street to the shop but realised half way through it was going to be one hell of a walk, so we tramped back up to the hotel and got the car. The shop ended up being very near to the Embassy theatre so I tried my luck at getting in to see my seat...once again I was beaten by the time schedule...damn!!

We had some lunch at a great little cafe called 51 Street Cafe (I think) and then decided to head for the Wellington Zoo. The only directions I've seen for the zoo was this teeny-tiny sign on our way up mount Victoria so that was the logical place to start. We followed the small signs until we hit a fork in the road and didn't know which to take. After driving 20 minutes on the wrong road we decided we took the wrong path. Luckily we were stopped by police officers who were doing a random spot check for drivers liscenses and we asked for directions.

Another 20 minutes later and we were on the right path again, the zoo was easy to find after that. The Wellington zoo is apparenlty the biggest in New Zealand and the locals take great pride in it. It takes about 1 and a half hours to walk the circular path and see all the animals, among them were otters, gibbons, monkeys, pelicans, NZ native birds, reptiles, ostrich, zebras, lions, tigers, giraffes, cheetahs, wild dogs, baboons, kangaroos, bears, chimpanzees, meerkats and more! It was really really cool, we took a ton of photos.

As soon as we left the zoo the rain started to come down. It wasn't really a downpour but enough to make it unpleasant to walk around outside. We got some food and headed back to the hotel to chill out. We had plans to go to dinner at 8PM with Erica and her husband, but by then we were so zonked from walking around that we decided to stay in the hotel and catch a movie.

Today we are off to do the WETA tour and we have lunch scheduled with Oscar Winning Producer Phillipa Boyens at the famous 'Chocolate Fish Cafe'. More news on that later!!