Tim and I took the kids to Safari World today. We gave the new gps system a go, and it performed pretty well. Tim had called Tham to get some directions before we left. The Garmin didn't take us exactly the same way, but we made it in decent time.
Tim drove the van and the kids I took pictures in the Safari Park attraction. The Safari Park is a drive through "zoo" featuring zebras, birds, lions, tigers, bears (oh my), giraffes, deer, and other assorted creatures. While signs everywhere admonish you to stay in the car at all times, you can keep the windows down for most of the drive, except when you enter the lion and tiger area. The signs in those sections say to honk your horn if you break down. There were "park rangers" in small black and white striped pickup trucks throughout the lion and tiger areas. I couldn't help but think that they were mocking the animals. They made the car look like a zebra! You know the pride always has a good laugh at the new lion when he tries to chase down the "giant" zebra.
My pictures there came out decent. The problem was that I don't have a quality telephoto zoom lense. I was using a Canon 24-105 f/4L IS lens. It is a very nice lens, but doesn't have a lot of range for wildlife photography. Even in this environment where we could get close the lens just lacked the reach.
After Safari Park, we went into the more traditional part of the park. The highlight was feeding the giraffe's. Patrons are on an elevated platform that places them at the same height as most of the giraffes. The park sells bunches of bananas for forty baht. The giraffes have long purplish grey tongues and some seriously stained teeth. I don't think they floss well. A park employee told Tim that each giraffe eats two hundred pounds of bananas and leaves every day. That sounds like a lot.
Tim drove the van and the kids I took pictures in the Safari Park attraction. The Safari Park is a drive through "zoo" featuring zebras, birds, lions, tigers, bears (oh my), giraffes, deer, and other assorted creatures. While signs everywhere admonish you to stay in the car at all times, you can keep the windows down for most of the drive, except when you enter the lion and tiger area. The signs in those sections say to honk your horn if you break down. There were "park rangers" in small black and white striped pickup trucks throughout the lion and tiger areas. I couldn't help but think that they were mocking the animals. They made the car look like a zebra! You know the pride always has a good laugh at the new lion when he tries to chase down the "giant" zebra.
My pictures there came out decent. The problem was that I don't have a quality telephoto zoom lense. I was using a Canon 24-105 f/4L IS lens. It is a very nice lens, but doesn't have a lot of range for wildlife photography. Even in this environment where we could get close the lens just lacked the reach.
After Safari Park, we went into the more traditional part of the park. The highlight was feeding the giraffe's. Patrons are on an elevated platform that places them at the same height as most of the giraffes. The park sells bunches of bananas for forty baht. The giraffes have long purplish grey tongues and some seriously stained teeth. I don't think they floss well. A park employee told Tim that each giraffe eats two hundred pounds of bananas and leaves every day. That sounds like a lot.
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