点评:I had been wanting to return to the Colchester Zoo for a while and had a great day out. We timed our visit well and we got a nice day in January which warmed up around 12pm and allowed the animals to almost all come out which was nice.
We saw almost everything we wanted to. The hippo enclosure was closed off which was sad as I love seeing them. In terms of flat out closures for maintenance, I think that was all. We saw the red pandas out front and centre which was a nice surprise. We went on the train through the zoo for the first time which was really nice to do and we got to see the wolves from every angle this way.
The food, as vegetations was a major let down. They served breakfast for veggies but that was all really. I got to the only open cafe they had, saw they served toasties only to the be told they all contain meat - which considering all that has to be done is remove the ham this was a big let down. I didn’t want to spend £4ish on a cold cheese and onion sandwich, I wanted a hot lunch. We also spent a while bouncing between all the closed cafes as they all said, “this is closed go here” which we did, only for that cafe to say “this is closed too, go here” and so on until we eventually asked a staff member at the start where to go.
We saw some great animals and got some great photos. We will be coming back in a few months again.
翻译:我一直想再去一次科尔切斯特动物园,这次玩得很开心。我们选对了时间,一月份的天气很好,中午12点左右气温回升,几乎所有动物都出来了,这真是太好了。
我们几乎看到了所有想看的动物。河马的围栏关闭了,有点可惜,因为我很喜欢看河马。我想,除了这一个围栏关闭之外,应该没有其他因为维护而完全关闭的情况了。我们看到了小熊猫,而且就在最显眼的位置,这真是个惊喜。我们第一次坐了动物园里的观光小火车,感觉很棒,这样可以从各个角度看到狼。
食物方面,作为素食者来说,真是太令人失望了。他们提供素食早餐,但也仅此而已。我去了唯一一家开着的咖啡馆,看到他们供应烤面包,结果却被告知里面都含有肉——考虑到只需要去掉火腿就行了,这真是太让人失望了。我不想花四英镑左右买个冷冰冰的奶酪洋葱三明治,我想吃顿热乎乎的午餐。我们还在一家家关门的咖啡馆之间来回折腾了好一会儿,每家都说“这家关门了,去这家”,我们去了那家,结果那家又说“这家也关门了,去这家”,如此反复,直到最后我们只好问了入口处的工作人员该去哪儿。
我们看到了一些很棒的动物,也拍了一些很棒的照片。几个月后我们还会再来的。