We're in August, the month in which most of the people are traveling, enjoying summer and trying to recharge their batteries for another tough year. August is also one of the months that attracts the most tourists to family friendly places. A zoo is always controversial as holding animals captive is not ideal, but in a way it's the only place where you can see certain animals from close.
This week I made a trip to the Zoo of Marosvásárhely (Targu Mures), which is one of the biggest and most beautiful of the country. Animals are kept in good conditions, well cared for here.
The zoo is on a hill, above the city, well guarded by the tall trees that have been standing there for centuries. There's a bus ride from the city, or you can drive if you want as there's a huge parking lot at the top. There was a crowd as always and there were a lot of foreigners as well. I know quite many travel there just to visit the zoo as it's an unique experience, especially for kids.
Right at the entrance, these two solid guards are keeping an eye on who's entering. These two have been there forever, but the animal park is renewed all the time, new animals are brought and better conditions are created all the time.
Fun fact, they want to make the park interesting and educative as well, for the younger generation. Speaking of interesting, there are these small chariots available for the kids, that are not only environmentally friendly (no pollution here), but a lot of fun as well. These are free to use and kids love it. Trust me, you need one, if you go with kids as the park is huge.
At first sight, this may looks like a simple filagory, a place to rest, but it's more than that, has a long history as it dates back to 1950 and I'm glad it has been preserved.
There were these banners all over the zoo, trying to make people aware that they need to change, not climate. You could scan the QR code on the banner, which took you to https://climategame.eu/, where there are a lot of cool projects.
Now you may wonder what these are for. It's a simple thing and should be tried out, but I saw only one girl brave enough to do it. It's for your foot health. How? You take your shoes off and walk barefoot on the logs, sand and rocks. Once people did not have shoes and everyone was walking barefoot. Now we have a bunch of shoes to choose from, one better than the other, or, one worse than the other and a bunch of health problems, like foot pain, spinal cord pain, lower back pain and so on. Many come from using the wrong footwear and having weak muscles.
I was pleased to see the insect hotel was still there, among with the bird houses and this new thing, made of cans.
Let's go to the monkeys! They have a special place all for themselves and there's this board on the wall, where you can read about the species they have.
The place has a very tropical look as it has a glass top and there are palm trees inside, which is not common in Romania. The climate is too cold, so they would not survive the winter. There were a bunch of African violets, extremely tempting for me, but I wouldn't dare ...
Here's the Mantled Guereza. I can officially consider myself lucky as this was the first time I could take some half decent photos of the monkeys. Before this, every single time the monkeys were much faster than my camera speed and the photos were always disastrous. I'm not saying these are good, but at least you can see what I wanted to photograph.
The Japanese macaques were busy grooming each other, they couldn't care less about visitors.
And there was this little fellow, the golden-bellied mangabey.
Some were outside, but these were difficult to photograph as you're not allowed to go close for security reasons. Not that they would hurt you, but some people don't understand or don't want to understand what Don't feed the animals! mean. Giving bread to them, which contains yeast, or salty biscuits is not something anyone should do.
This part is a new addition and quit an interesting one. You can get close to the ring tailed lemurs.
This is still a cage, but a way bigger one, in which everything is made as natural as possible. There are these Flintstones style benches that I loved a lot. Very natural and original.
There was this wooden structure which basically is a playground for the monkeys.
The railing is also made of wood.
The beauty of the place is that these ring tailed lemurs are walking freely withing this huge cage. Visitors have their path marked, you're not allowed to jump the railing. The ring tailed lemurs are allowed to walk everywhere. They were friendly, but not to the point to let visitors touch them.
Most of them were hanging out on this tree, looking down on visitors.
I was really happy to see these monkeys from so close. These were pretty calm and not the cheeky ones that steel your belongings in a split second, or attack you to get the food from your hand. Food is not allowed in by the way anyway.
I hope you liked this zoo tour with me.
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I understand how walking in the sand and rocks can improve foot health because I’ve seen something that works on a similar principle here. People are advised to put these soft spiky rubber bands at the tips of their motor bike brakes because they improve circulation in the hands.
In one of my classes with the medical students here, we discussed some ways to improve health in older people and something like this came up. Apparently, walking barefooted improves circulation in your feet and allows for more blood to nourish the bones and nerves in the foot. Based on this, it was also suggested that older people should wear sandals with a little bit rough insides, as those will stimulate and improve circulation in the sole of the feet. I don’t have any pictures of those type of sandal on my phone right now but maybe I’ll show you sometime when I come across any.
This is my first time hearing insect hotel. I almost asked if you came up with the name yourself.
The Mantled Guereza looks very sad in the first photo. You can almost tell by the look on it’s face.
Foot massage has a lot of health benefits and not only by coincidence.
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This says it all.
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Years ago I had a pair or wooden slippers, something similar like the one above, but the sole was made of wood. It was so cool, I loved it, but the upper part, the most important for the massage was made of rubber and after a decade it became sticky and had to throw it away. Maybe it's time to buy a new pair. These are not cheap though.
You are right, the Mantled Guereza looked sad, but maybe it was just his face expression by default.
Nope, it's not my idea. It's very common here, you can also buy these structures to hang them out in the garden and give home to the bees and insects.
That footwear is exactly what I was looking to show you. They’re very cheap around here though because despite the health benefit, people don’t really like it. Also, the ones that I’ve seen are made entirely of rubber, not just the upper part in contact with the sole.
Scholl is a well known brand and also high quality. The upper part is made to genuine leather. It's expensive but it is for a reason. Rubber can't hold your weight properly, you need a solid lower part, for which wood is perfect.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense. The rubber designed-wears here normally flatten out in a short time span and the under eats away fast because of friction in movement.
What a delightful read! August truly sounds like the perfect month to explore family-friendly places and recharge!
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I sure enjoyed the tour with you, with your images, it kinda felt like I was there.
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clean environment for their habitat.. but why do these animal photos look sad what are they thinking @erikah 😀😀😀
That really what I wanted to do with my kids.I wanted to take them to a zoo but we don't have in our nearby place.
Seeing different animals is so fun.🥰
I always heard the zoo is a wonderful place
Just never had the opportunity to visit one
This post just made me feel like I also visited the zoo 😁