Snakes, Tigers, and Wine! Oh My!

A Saturday afternoon to the Pune Zoo and Snake Park followed by the 2nd Annual Pune Wine Tasting Festival. The Pune Zoo and Snake Park exceeded our expectations in terms of size and maintenance. The highlights of the snake exhibit were the king cobra and turtles. The overall highlight of the zoo was the massive white tiger. Later in the afternoon, we ventured over to the Pune Wine Tasting Event to sample local Nashik wines. We found a terrific label called Reveilio and proceeded to purchase quite a few bottles.

Here we are at the entrance of the zoo . . .

All visitors are warned the following . . . (Persecute, rag? How does one persecute or rag an animal at the zoo?)

A small child fills his water bottle . . .

Paul bravely enters Snake Park. Though this does not seem like a tremendous feat, Paul is terrified of snakes and so going to Snake Park is a big challenge for him . . .

Rat snake exhibit . . .

Here are some simple steps to avoid snakes and snakebites. Hmmm, does our apartment building follow these rules ? (Wink, Wink!)

We leave Snake Park and enter the Zoo. The finale was the gigantic and beautiful white tiger. Here is a photo of the tiger as he woke from his afternoon nap and dined on some greens.

Now, off to the 2nd Annual Pune Wine Tasting Festival at Rohi Villa Palace wedding hall, Lane 7, Koreagaon Park. We were truly impressed with the professional level of organization of the event. We sampled some lovely Nashik wines and had a nice end to our day in the beautiful courtyard.

We all enjoy some wine and conversation as well as rest our feet . . .

Adriana and Kevin diligently search for wine and report their findings back to us . . .