i almost got killed by a bison today. all my friends couldn't blelieve that i came all the way across the world to have a near death experience with an animal which is only indegenous to my home continent... north america. i guess it is my fault, since i wore a bright orange shirt to such a user friendly zoo. today i went to the yerevan zoo... the only zoo i have ever been to which encourages feeding the animals... as i was trying to give this huge huge bison a loaf of bread, he decided to attack and as he came in for a head bump i ran for my life and saved myself from getting knocked by the bison... by a bisonic hair...
the zoo was indeed interesting as i worried for each animal's wellbeing. the monkeys were being tormented by a bumch of young kids who thought it was funny to give them already chewed gum. when i found this way to disturbing not to report, the zoo keeper came over and gave me a candy and told me to throw it at the monkey... "with the candy wrapper?" i asked. ayo, ayo he replied... puzzled i threw the candy at the monkey. the gabik cleverly unwrapped the candy and threw the wrapper on the floor and threw the candy in his mouth and walked away, unappreciative (i might add). then a baby monkey came and took the wrapper and tried to eat it. this made the zoo keeper laugh while i quivered at that thought of what this wrapper might to do this newborn's digestive system.
the entrance to the zoo was 150 dram however we took a picture with a royal python (about 5 feet) for 500 dram and feeding the animals and ourselves cost us about 1000 dram... all in all the day at the zoo cost 4 of us... about 3 dollars total... what a bargain.
then we went to vernisage and i bought an authentic armenian hat (the kind made of old carpets) which only tourists wear. once i put my hat on the price quotes at vernisage went up by about 60 percent... for the sake of my friends and their pocket books... i took off the hat and the prices sank back down to local prices. this was quite clever. my advice to all who visit vernisage is take a local or at least try to walk and talk like one.
if there are spelling errors it is because i still can't see... the grammar errors are because i don't get to practice my english too often and finally the lack of capitalization of words is simply just laziness.
did i mention i got 24 channels of cable... so now i will sign off and go and watch the discovery channel hoping that there will be a special on bisons and just maybe i can find out why my friend at the zoo today disliked me to the point of near homocide.
the zoo was indeed interesting as i worried for each animal's wellbeing. the monkeys were being tormented by a bumch of young kids who thought it was funny to give them already chewed gum. when i found this way to disturbing not to report, the zoo keeper came over and gave me a candy and told me to throw it at the monkey... "with the candy wrapper?" i asked. ayo, ayo he replied... puzzled i threw the candy at the monkey. the gabik cleverly unwrapped the candy and threw the wrapper on the floor and threw the candy in his mouth and walked away, unappreciative (i might add). then a baby monkey came and took the wrapper and tried to eat it. this made the zoo keeper laugh while i quivered at that thought of what this wrapper might to do this newborn's digestive system.
the entrance to the zoo was 150 dram however we took a picture with a royal python (about 5 feet) for 500 dram and feeding the animals and ourselves cost us about 1000 dram... all in all the day at the zoo cost 4 of us... about 3 dollars total... what a bargain.
then we went to vernisage and i bought an authentic armenian hat (the kind made of old carpets) which only tourists wear. once i put my hat on the price quotes at vernisage went up by about 60 percent... for the sake of my friends and their pocket books... i took off the hat and the prices sank back down to local prices. this was quite clever. my advice to all who visit vernisage is take a local or at least try to walk and talk like one.
if there are spelling errors it is because i still can't see... the grammar errors are because i don't get to practice my english too often and finally the lack of capitalization of words is simply just laziness.
did i mention i got 24 channels of cable... so now i will sign off and go and watch the discovery channel hoping that there will be a special on bisons and just maybe i can find out why my friend at the zoo today disliked me to the point of near homocide.
posted by Madlene at 12:39 AM
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