Day 10 - Zoo Day!!!! All got way to excited about going to the Zoo, think it was because we had heard so much about the pandas! Did a little tour bus around the zoo when we first got there, also went on a sky line tour over the zoo. Did loads of walking as the zoo is pretty spread out, think we all decided that the panda's, elephants, meerkats, orangutans were favorites, especially the baby gorilla. Saw a few of the shows they put on too, special moment was when ...

Day 9 - After the lack of activity on the previous day, we decided to be proactive and hired a car for a couple of days! I had the responsibility of driving????? Was quite weird picking up the car we asked for the smallest car, but ended up with a saloon ford focus, automatic of course! Weirdest thing about driving in America was not being on the opposite side of the road but not having to change gears, but after a few little hiccups when we were driving in the b...