Hey guys! Remember my last post about the piranha? I found that the red-bellied piranha on the wiki page, and recently, I went to the London Zoo near Camden Town and witnessed the real red-bellied piranha. Seriously, they do have those dumb-looking, with those cute little fat fish faces. I took some photos of them, and they turns out to be exactly the same as picture on the wiki page. Check it out here.
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| Red-bellied Piranha in London Zoo |
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| Red-bellied Piranha in London Zoo |
I have to say, the London Zoo seems to be quite small at first sight, but you will get really tired after visiting every section, and of course, it's full of baby strollers if you go there on Weekends. And as for zoo, it always has those kind of magical power, which turns everyone to curious toddlers who has no idea how wonderful this animal world is. And also it remind me of how hard it is to be a parent, cuz' I can't imagine that those people who carry a suitcase and read their kindles on the tube when they are on their way to the office can go back to some kind of innocent teenagers, and act weirdly when they have their children around.
Ok, so much for the piranha and babysitting staff. Here's some tips for your visit to the London Zoo.
The London Zoo is the world's oldest zoo, it opened in 1828 for scientific study, and opened for public visiting in 1847. It's located at the northern edge of Regent's Park, so on your way to the zoo, you may spot lots of cyclists and runners, since Regent's Park is a perfect place to work out.
If you are going there by tube, the nearest tube station would be Camden Town, which is along the Northern line (The black line). If you can, please do avoid weekends and public holidays, cause Camden Town has always been a crowded icon with all the markets thing and park viewing. If you can only do the weekends visiting, set out early. I went there on a Saturday and the tube station exits has already become crowded at 10:50, my friend who got off the Northern Line on 10:30 said there were fewer people then, so make sure you arrive the station before 10:30, since you still need 15-20 minutes to walk to the entrance of the zoo.
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| Camden Town Tube Station Exit/Entrance |
Actually I think there are quite a few entrances around to the zoo, we caught one when we are wandering around, this entrance is really a tiny one, there's table and a nice lady who's checking your confirmation letter after the online-booking, so this entrance is specially for internet tickets.
You can get your tickets booked ahead on the London Zoo website. This season they offer a late entrance from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., which I think will end just by this Friday. It's just an special event for adult who wants to have some relax time after work. There will be a silent disco when people put on there own headphones and dance but at the same time try to keep the voice down and make not much noise to disturb the animals.
After entering the zoo, I recommend you go for what you would like to see most, for example, lions, penguins... Because if you waste every minute on the pavilions, it will cost you too much time. Or another good idea is to following the shows. At the entrance, there will be a board displaying all the shows on today, all of them are located in different sections around the zoo, and maybe 30 to 1 hour interval between every two shows. So following that list, you will probably finish the best part of the zoo on time.
As for me, the best parts would be: big cats, gorrila kindom,the komodo dragons, and the rainforest life.
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