Aloha Safari Zoo

Probably the most commercial place I'll ever put up on this blog, but this zoo was just too good not to mention. Hidden away in Cameron, NC, there is literally nothing else in the vicinity worth seeing. Unlike other zoos, this place is a family business, and has none of the tourist-y feel that one normally expects. In fact, because the place is much more similar to an animal shelter than a zoo, it feels like you walked straight into an Animal Planet documentary. Behind the fence, one zoo keeper was playfully hosing down two tigers, while another zoo keeper kept a small alligator from running away on the lawn. Highlight of my day? Having a giraffe nibble on my hair and steal my bag.