Neo Park

A week or so ago I went with some friends to Neo Park Okinawa, a nature park/zoo sort of place. They did have a big variety of plants and birds there and also some lemurs and monkeys. Like most parks, it was divided into different areas like the Amazon jungle, the African Savanna (they spelled it Afurican, haha), Flamingo lake, Spider Monkey island, Lemur islands, Tortoise farm, and petting zoo.


Ahhhh the petting zoo!! Sigh. This little zoo had the usual goats, llama, and rabbits, but they also had dogs there tied to little posts. They even had a little tiny picnic basket with a chihuahua in it, wearing a pink shirt. All of our American celebrities carrying around dogs in their purses must have inspired the Okinawans. I am a huge animal lover, so I all but broke down in tears looking at the poor dogs. They looked healthy enough, but I wanted to see all of them go to good homes! I almost tried to adopt the little long-haired dachshund they had wandering around in the fenced in area, but Schan (and our 2 cats) wouldn't have appreciated that very much.


I did love feeding the lemurs though :) They were so adorable and would just take the food out of your hand like a little person. The spider monkeys were cute too. I really wasn't supposed to feed those, but I had an extra Kashi granola bar in my purse. That's natural enough for them, ha!

At the end of the day, we stopped by their little photo shop to take a group photo in Okinawan garments. They even had props for us... instruments, umbrellas, etc. I think we looked pretty good! :)