This weekend I visited the {en:Luray Caverns} and the Luray Zoo in the {en:Shenandoah Valley}, Virginia.
The Luray Zoo is a rescue zoo for unwanted, abused, and confiscated exotic animals such as the {en:Andean Condor} (who can travel up to 200 miles [322 km] in one day in search for food), {en:Canadian Lynx}, and other really interesting animals. Even though the zoo is very small, it is one of the most interesting zoos that I have been to and I have been to the San Diego Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, Mexico City Zoo, and Washington DC Zoo. It is really nice what this zoo does since many of the large zoos sometimes don't accept exotic unwanted pets.
In the caverns, for some odd reason, I got a desperate sensation to go scuba diving. Maybe because the caverns reminded me of the underwater caves and caverns near Tulum, Mexico that I visited for the first time last year during my scuba trip. I have added the pictures here.
Luray Caverns, VA March 2009
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