Butterflies

Well, there isn't much for me to do today other than pack my own bags up (makes a change from packing other crap!) and head off back home to spend some time with Phil.

However before I do go home I decide to take a trip to the local butterfly farm and rain forest centre which isn't too far from my parents. I've got the camera here so it might be cool to see if I can get any decent shots of pretty things. When I tell my sister and her boyfriend of my plan they decide it might be nice to come along as well, so once they've run a few errands of their own we head off to go see what we can see.

Although the butterfly house is quite small, it was packed with a myriad of flying insects and the like, and the butterflies it has to be said were magnificent. However it took a good 15 mins for my camera lenses to demist and once I'd sorted that out actually getting shots of the flightwise buggers proved to be quite difficult! The most impressive thing we saw wasn't a butterfly at all, but a Giant Atlas Moth, who rather handily is nocturnal and so remained perfectly still while I got some photo's of it - the most incredible thing about it was that the tips of it's wings are coloured to look exactly like snake heads (see photo) and I have to say, it's done a pretty good job mimicking mother nature.

It's not long though before the heat of the tropical house beats us and we head out, grab an ice cream on the way then drive back to my parents where I hang around for a while then decide I should be going and leave at about 2.15.

Needless to say then I was quite impressed when I get back home at around 6pm, making a journey time of 3.45 hours - the quickest I've ever made the trip and I wasn't even speeding.

Posted by Abi on the April 22, 2006 9:02 PM