Thobes driving buses and ninjas feeding goats

Yes, you can find that all at Al-Areen Wildlife Park. Here are some more pics from our visit. The first is of the bus driver who took us around the "restricted" area of the park--which was essentially a sanctuary for about 43 different types of goats or deer. I have lots and lots of photos like the second one of all kinds of goats, but I'll just give you that one as a little teaser. You know you want the goat pictures. The third is of some ostriches which were the only animals allowed to run freely around the 100+ acres that the park consisted of. That was fairly cool, because it broke up our 45 minute trip of fantastic goat sighting (and a small bird park, more on that later.) The fourth is my favorite picture of the day. This was taken before we boarded the bus for the goat tour (did I mention they had goats there) and is priceless. How many times in your life do you get to see a ninja hand feed a bunch of goats? And the last one is of a camel, for good measure.

Al Areen--the goat capital of the world

Rachel and I went to Al-Areen Wildlife park over vacation, and for 1 dinar it wasn't half bad. Al-Areen is out in the middle of the desert, and for as long as I've known Rachel every time we've driven by it and I've mentioned going there she would say that it's nothing but goats. She was only partially right--I'll get to that later. When we parked the car, we were welcomed by the Al-Areen sign where I noticed something I had not seen here as of yet--a bird's nest. It was in the "W" of "Wildlife." I mentioned something to Rachel about how nice that was to see a bird's nest--until I noticed the Arabic sign next to it. If you look closely, you can see that the Arabic has a nest in the exact same spot (Arabic reads right to left, as opposed to left to right English.) I HIGHLY doubt that that was a coincidence, which means those nests are props. Boo.

Anyway, after we paid our entrance fee and walked outside it was like an entering a different world. There was color everywhere--see the second pic of the kid roller blading. They definitely did an excellent job landscaping this place, there were flowers, trees, and water fountains everywhere. Very nice. I particularly like the sign in the third photo, and the approaching storm in the horizon of the fourth photo.