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Tuesday March 5, 2019
We were away early this morning to pick up Christian's friend, David, to go be interviewed by the Investigator, Gustavo, at 8:30am. It took over an hour and Gustavo was nice enough to come out and tell us that everybody is saying the same thing... that Christian was a happy young man that everybody liked and was looking forward to this new stage in his life.
We then took David across the street where we had some "pasteles", basically Shepherd's pie in a ball, and he also had a breakfast. Then we headed back.
As we were dropping him off, he mentioned that we could go above his house to a place that is like a small zoo, so he took us there. It cost about 65c each to wander the grounds which has rental rooms, BBQ area, swimming pool, jacuzzi, grassy areas, horse paddocks, and a fishing pond. Cristina never even knew that the place existed..
The "zoo" area is not big but it is varied. Pot-bellied Vietnamese pigs cavort with flamingoes, llamas, 8-foot ostriches, deer, peacocks, a monkey, parrots, geese and lots more. The big goose, llama and ostrich were especially happy to see us. That monstrous ostrich was almost scary with his foot-long front claws.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| David waiting for breakfast |
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| Pasteles. I call them "Bolas" |
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| Looking east through the grassy areas |
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| Looking south, main building and horse paddocks |
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| Roosters having bad hair day |
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| Bunnies |
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| Noisy inquisitive goose |
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| Surprisingly this little guy stayed put |
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| He wasn't curious like most monkeys |
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| This parrot got right in Cristina's face |
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| A shame they are caged |
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| These geese had black bills |
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| Deer and ostrich |
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| Ostrich and goat |
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| This huge guy couldn't keep still |
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| Vietnamese pot-bellied pig |
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| This guy towered over us. He seemed hungry. |
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| Many flamingoes.. Do they feed them shrimp? |
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| Llama and piggies |
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| Happy as a pig in.. mud |
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| Llamas are always friendly |
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| They usually have killer eyelashes |
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| Just back from the hairdresser? |
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| Odd colourless tail for this peacock |
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| He actually looks better from the back |
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| View from both sides now |
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| Looking west along the animal pens |
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| Peacocks in full regalia |
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| More spectators on the fence |
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| Looking west again past the rental rooms |
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| Ostrich, sheep and flamingoes |
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| Very strange to see them without a large water pond |
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| They look healthy enough |
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| Looking north across the pool to the BBQ area |
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| This shot has some buzzards in the sky |
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| They say these make the best pets |
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| Ostrich, deer and peacocks |
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| My shot of the day. I named him Donald. |
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| Looking NW over the fishing pond to the church in town |
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| These guys follow me everywhere... |
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| Over the pond, the church steeple |
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| Looking south from BBQ area over the pool |
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| Looking west over grassy area to main building and horse paddocks |
