san diego...

amit really wanted to visit the san diego zoo...but then we do not support the idea of caging the animals so in the spirit of being the change we wish to see in the world, we gave up the idea of going to the zoo. instead, we decided to check out the san diego wild animal park. we left the san diego motel at around 11:00am...stopped at a very cool cafe to check our emails. the cafe had some very beautiful pictures...amit took some photos of the pictures (which he will be uploading shortly). Anyway, we headed for the wild animal park (where the animals are kept in the open) a little north east of san diego. the park has some very exotic animals that are kept in the open habitat and it seems that the park authorities collaborate with a lot of countries to save some of the endangered species. needless to say amit’s third eye (his camera !) was constantly at work at the park. there was nothing that could be missed by his third eye. so look out for some cool pictures. some of the attractions of the park were the elephant and the frequent flier shows. the elephants and the birds are trained to do some small antics. the antics were really cool and their trainer seemed to be very kind. but while watching the show i was not sure how right it is to take out these animals from their natural habitat and then train them for human beings pleasure!!

my favorite animals were the giraffe and flamingoes. the giraffes simply looked majestic....and the flamingoes were so pretty. did you know that the pink color that flamingoes have is due to the food that they eat i.e. algae and shrimps. If you have ever wondered as to why they stand on one leg..well, for the same reason as to why we snuggle inside our blankets - to keep warm !

we wanted to camp so we went to the nearest available campsites i.e dixon reservoir in escondido. the ranger helped us finding a campsite with a view and on his recommendation the campsite we chose had the city view on one side and the lake view on the other. even though city view did not sound very exciting, the camp site was very beautiful and so was the city view....the lake view was like a one big dark hole in the night but you could feel the cool moist breeze. we loved it...

*** while having lunch at panda express, i made an eye contact with a middle aged man and a very interesting thought came to my mind ---i do not know anything about that guy...where he comes from…where he is headed..etc and he also does not know anything about me but our paths are crossed today because we both exist in the universe in this time and space and we both chose to have a meal at panda express (panda express is a funny connection). the thought made me smile and the man smiled back :-)