A belated birthday excursion

A day late I was off to celebrate my birthday a little bit further, I guess this year it will be a little bit more spread out!
We went to Al Qana and had sushi in the sunshine, with Tash and Hannah.

We also went to discover the newest attraction here in the capital, the Butterfly Gardens.

Two climate-controlled domes have been built next to the National Aquarium here in Al Qana, and Asian dome and an American dome with two different biomes.

Butterflies move freely through the domes, they were fluttering around and occasionally settled on us. Especially Nathan seemed to attract them!

There are more than 10,000 butterflies in these domes. So many butterflies, so many colours, so much fluttering!

This raised walkway took us up and around the dome. Good views from here, of all the butterflies, and of the animals that also lived in the domes.

A Palawan bearcat and a sloth:

A Sri Lankan giant squirrel:

A koi pond:

This Butterfly Gardens gives ample opportunity to learn all about the butterflies. Here is the emergence chamber, where butterflies begin their life cycle. Look at all these cocoons!

A nice little visit.