Another day in Bangalore

One of the reasons we wanted to come to India was to show our kids how good they have it, and how lucky they are to have what they have. Unfortunately I think they are getting another point of view. The people here are so nice, and wait on you hand and foot. After Ellie's birthday experience at the spa, they now are playing "Spa" in stead of "house".

This is Ellie enjoying her massage from Ethan and her Pedicure from Maddie.

Ethan enjoying a pedicure in the bathroom sink.

We also had a fun day at the Zoo/National Park.  Yes, the Hogle Zoo is a lot cleaner, and the facilities are probably a lot nicer, but you don't get to experience the animals quite like you do here.  Everytime I've been to Hogle Zoo the animals are usually sleeping, or not real active.
This leopard was just pacing back and forth at the back of the cage, and then came right up next to us. And yes, we were standing right next to that chain link fence. There are no barriers next to the cages to keep you back.  We also had a zebra come right up to us. I wasn't quick enough with the camera.
I'm not sure who or what was the main attraction, the animals or us. Every cage we stopped at we had our camera faced towards the animals and I would look around and everyone else's cameras were faced at us. I'm still not used that.

So when we were on our way to come to India, people kept telling us how there would be monkeys in the streets, and when you walk down the street you have to make sure your bags are zipped or closed tight because they will take things out of your bag. FALSE!! We haven't seen a monkey until today, and that was at the zoo. Although I will say that they were not in cages!!

Mom and baby monkey on a wall. There were probably 20 monkeys sitting on this wall, and once we stopped and I pointed them out to the kids they started moving towards us. I got a little nervous and told the kids to start walking. They followed us for a few minutes, and then they left us alone. 

This is their elephant encounters exhibit. Yes that is what they called it. Notice that there are 5 elephants just standing on the opposite side of a wire fence. We could have reached out and pet one. They were busy eating, and my kids thought it was pretty neat to be able to see them using their trunks close up. They do offer elephant rides here on Saturday and Sundays. I think we're going to head there tomorrow for a ride.