Green World Ecological Farm — The Adventure Area

On February 8, 2011, I took Lisa and Belle into the Adventure Area at Green World Ecological Farm. After climbing a small hill, we reached our first stop: the Cute Animal Area.

The Cute Animal Area at Green World Ecological Farm — The Cute Animal Area waited at the top of the small hill.

It was a small open space with rabbits, guinea pigs, pheasants, and other little animals roaming around. This was Lisa and Belle's first chance to get so close to them, and they were absolutely delighted ^.^

I had worried that we might run out of things to do before my wife finished work that evening. Instead, we spent almost an hour in this area alone @.@'"

Lisa and Belle meeting animals in the Cute Animal Area — The girls enjoyed getting close to the small animals.

Children interacting with animals in the Cute Animal Area — Being this close to the animals was a first for Lisa and Belle.

Animals and visitors in the Cute Animal Area — We somehow spent nearly an hour in this one area.

They even had kangaroos!!

A kangaroo at Green World Ecological Farm — A kangaroo was an unexpected find in the animal area.

From there, we moved on to a world of flowers and unusual plants.

Orchids

An orchid displayed in the greenhouse — Another orchid display inside the greenhouse.

After the orchids, we continued into the cactus area.

Cacti

A round cactus in the cactus area — A round cactus caught Lisa's attention.

Lisa pointed at one of them and said, “That watermelon-looking cactus is called a golden barrel cactus...”

A round golden barrel cactus resembling a watermelon — Lisa thought this golden barrel cactus looked like a watermelon.

A sign said there was a chameleon hiding somewhere inside. We stared into the foliage and searched, but could not spot it.

Branches and foliage concealing a chameleon — Somewhere among these branches, a chameleon was supposed to be hiding.

Come on... was it really there?! Why couldn't we find it? >.<'"

Branches and leaves searched for a hidden chameleon — After a long search, all we could see was layer upon layer of foliage.

Aha~~it was hiding in the tree!! No wonder we had been looking forever without seeing it @.@'"

A chameleon camouflaged in a tree — At last, we spotted the chameleon camouflaged in the tree.

Unusual Plants

This section was filled with curious plants, including pitcher plants.

An unusual plant in the Adventure Area — The path continued into a collection of unusual plants.

There were parrots along the way too. Eventually, we reached a rest stop inside the Adventure Area.

A parrot at Green World Ecological Farm — Parrots appeared along the route through the plant area.

A perched parrot in the Adventure Area — Another parrot perched inside the Adventure Area.

At the time, the farm provided natural mosquito repellent at several spots for visitors to use. (As you can imagine, the mosquitoes and bugs here must have been out of control in summer @.@'")

Natural mosquito repellent at the Adventure Area rest stop — Natural mosquito repellent was available for visitors at the rest stop.

Belle studied the park map and said, “Let's see where we should go next~~~”

Belle looking at a park map in the Adventure Area — Belle studied the park map to choose our next stop.

Then a large lizard appeared and earned an immediate “Whoa~!”

A large lizard in the Adventure Area — A large lizard made a striking appearance along the route.

It was the first time in my life that I had seen a porcupine in person...

A porcupine at Green World Ecological Farm — My first porcupine sighting also came with a zoology lesson.

Only after listening to the guide did I learn that porcupines have nothing to do with pigs. They are rodents—so I suppose they belong on the mouse side of the family ~.~

Learned something new, didn't you? This is exactly why we should take the kids outdoors more often. Traveling far and wide teaches more than reading thousands of books... heh~~~

Next came a long stretch of climbing up and down hills before we finally reached the Bird and Butterfly Ecological Park at the far end of the grounds.