Taipei Zoo

Friday our Chinese teachers took us to Taipei Zoo. First of all, it was crazy cheap to get in, like two US dollars! There was a really impressive assortment of animals. At first, our Chinese teachers would  say the name of the animal we were looking at in Chinese and we’d all repeat it. There was A LOT of   animals and that got old pretty quickly so eventually they’d just tell them the names of the more common animals. The exhibit I was most looking forward to was the Formosa black bear. They are like the mascot of Taiwan and I think they are adorable! They have big, round ears and a white V across their chest. When we got to the exhibit he was sleeping! We couldn’t see his ears or is chest! The others moved on but I I stayed a little longer, disappointedly looking at the heap of black fur. As I turned to leave he started to roll over! His face now towards the glass he put his big paw over his nose so I could see the famous markings! He was so cute! I was satisfied. One might think that going to the zoo with our teachers would make the experience lame however, our teachers are college students, and only a few years older then we are. They are very fun and made the zoo all the better with their presence. It you are an exchange student in Taipei I would definitely recommend spending a day at the zoo.