Parkes and Rec. We survived India. : We went to the zoo and it sucked

On Sunday we got a little cabin fever. I don't know why we thought it would be a great idea to take a tuk tuk to the zoo but...well it sounded good at the time. Getting a tuk tuk (also known as an auto rickshaw) is an art form here. You are lucky if you can find a rickshaw wallah that speaks and/or understands english. So we've taken to printing maps and names of our desired destination. This day we were frequently repeating 'ZOO', 'ZOO'. Wouldn't you know there is no Hindi word for zoo gosh darn it? And I don't know why I thought if I said it LOUDER and s-l-o-w-e-r that they would magically comprehend where I wanted to go. Reminder: they're not deaf and dumb Jenn, they just don't know the language. After 10 minutes we finally got a guy that understood (or so I thought) it when I said National Zoo Park. He did his little Indian head waggle thingy and off we went......to the National Museum. Doh! 10 more minutes spent finding somebody that understood where we wanted to go and we were off to the real zoo. Of course the guy wants more money than we agreed upon because of his mistake. The trick to rickshaw wallahs here is that they will always charge a westerner double the amount they would a local Indian. And they will always try to get more. If you ever come here, be warned! If you have the time to haggle then wait for a guy that has a meter that works....saves so much time arguing over the price. Anyways, we finally got to the zoo, it had just finished raining and now it is humid as all get out. 2 long queues turned into several random queues segwaying into one. Who knows but after much elbowing we finally got in and walked our happy little butts off for what seemed like forever....eyes peeled for animals...walking...looking.....no animals. Sadface. Hot, humid, walking for over an hour, no animals does not a happy Jenn make. I guess this zoo was really cool about 25 years ago. I wish we did a little more research before we went. Anyways, towards the end we did finally find a few pens that had animals in it. Then it was time to go home for a shower with no water pressure and a nap!