I haven't gone to the Manila Zoo recently. I remember from when we used to go there when we were still small that the animals there are somewhat not healthy looking. From our photos, I could remember the giraffe, ostrich, snakes, hippos, and different kinds of primates including one big-assed baboon. There might have been lions but they must have been in their make-shift lair, sleeping, instead of making the children happy to at least get a glimpse of their sheer magnificence and beauty. They say it deteriorated in time. The Manila Zoo, I meant. Some said they've revived it and the animals don't look as sickly. My memories should not however serve as the actual basis on how the Manila Zoo actually looked like then. After all, I was young then and the years that passed may have skewed the reality from within my head.

With that last thought of what visiting the zoo felt like, I wasn't expecting much from Zoobic. Once there, they will charge you a modest fee of P390.00 for admittance. It would be worth every penny and I'll share with you our experience. In pictures. The highlight, though, will be reserved for Part Trois of this series. Feel free to click on the images for a bigger picture. Note that due to the limited capacity of my camera's batteries, I wasn't able to take pictures of all the animals featured in Zoobic. These, though, are the beautiful ones.