Fuengirola Zoo, Best Little Zoo In Spain

We used the Sat Nav to find the way into the Zoo, Fuengirola is a strange town as it is a bay below some large cliff ranges and the main road runs along the cliffs, we managed to get lost amongst some large road works and finally went round and round until we spiralled into the road next to the zoo, it is funny that it is actually build on land that surrounds the Bullring, quite ironic isn't it, probably the same folks who own the Bull fighting ring also own the zoo, anyway, not to get into my favourite topic of bulls killing bullfighters, we went to the Zoo as a way to spend a day with the little girl, we went in and found well laid out and wonderful gardens, large trees and lovely looking compounds for the animals, I have a problem with zoo generally as they can never really give enough space to anything larger than a squirrel, even here at what I call a good zoo the larger animals were looking miserable, the chimpanzees were quiet and looking miserable. Apart from that aspect, the bird aviary was very interesting and had a rare Mynah Bird from Bali, it also had fruit bats which freaked out most folks. I really enjoyed the way water was used around all the compounds and it was full of fish, they even had fish eating Alligators from Malaysia, which were huge, and from the glass walls you could see the fish and also the alligators, all very interesting for the kids, as a day out i really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone, the best part was the daily display where they had birds being flown around a small arena, not just birds of prey, they used Toucans and vultures and Hornbills and a small brilliantly coloured jungle fowl, they had wild boar and Porcupines coming in and out of holes around the stage and it had the kids screaming for more and more, quite brilliant, the best part was after we were on the way out , it was a toss up between McDonalds or the restaurant in the zoo, I am not a fan of zoo food, it is usually expensive and not good, but we were all tired and we didn't know where Mcs was so we went to the zoo place, it was buffet day, we could have 3 courses for 10€, so we managed to get a ton of really well cooked and very tasty roasts and soups and deserts, I was in heaven, we went for a walk around the town afterwards and found a really nice little place, but suffering from the crisis, lots of empty shops and some unfinished developments, all along the highways along the coast there are tons of unfinished projects, probably never will get finished, plus all the illegal projects built without permission with corrupt officials turning a blind eye and Mayors taking bribes. They are now being pulled down it is all a sorry sight for all the brits and Germans who bought here with high prices and now cannot sell at all. But life is a bitch and then you die