The zoo yesterday was fun. Katya loved the animals, especially the bears. She was walking until we got to the bigger animals and then she wanted me to carry her. I think she felt safer being carried. We saw a baby bear at the zoo, wolves, foxes, deer, reindeer, birds, etc. The zoo is more like the Popcorn Park Zoo. they take in injured animals and release them back to the wild once they are better. The zoo is about 1/2 hour outside Khabarovsk. We got to see the country. It is real poor out there. In some areas there is only 1 community well. We went to a beach along the Amur river near the zoo. It was real trashed, garbage all over the place, a burned out car, etc. We saw a cow roaming free on the beach too.

Joe