Day 104 - We'd thought about going to the National Zoo last month. Then, on the exact day of our plans, there was a workers' strike! Since then, things seem to have been ironed out and there surely were lots of people visiting with us today. Tomorrow is a Hindu holiday and one of the faiths when the whole island gets a holiday, so I expect some people were making it a really long weekend.
The area in Dehiwala is a perfect setting for a zoo. The hillside doesn't make it very accessible but the slope makes the route between enclosures interesting. This must be my fourth visit in as many decades. Today, it seemed as though there were fewer animals but they looked healthy and relatively happy. The community near the zoological gardens has grown over the years. It might not be bad living in a condo looking out to the lush hillside.