Taipei ZOO with Joy and delicious Hot Pot

Today is our day off. We can plan, what we want to do and how we'd like to spend our time. We've decided to go to Taipei ZOO and see panda :-) We've never seen it before.Later it has turned out, that there were more animals, we've never seen before.

My first video: about ZOO :-)

Joy has kindly offered us to be our guide for today :-) We've met on MRT Station Taipei ZOO. After a lunch, we've gone to ZOO. It's very cheap. The entrance fee for students is 30 TWD (about 21 Kč = 1US$) and for adults it costs 60 TWD. Children under 12 are free. This ZOO is very popular and during a year, there are about 5 millions visitors.

Our first stop has been Koala. This animal is so cute :-) I wish to touch it.. I've never seen it before!

Koala on the tree

Me and koala :-)

But Panda has been waiting for us.. So, our next stop has been Panda! And it has been so big and beautiful :-) I've expected, that panda is smaller, but it has turned out, that Panda is bigger than a bear :-D The Panda House has been also full of souvenirs, so I've bought a few :-) But not the big bear!

Sleeping panda male

Geena, me and panda

I've held Panda!

Panda eyes attack!

Two PANDAS (check the color of the clothes :-))

After Panda experience, we've decided to take a train  in ZOO. It has turned out like a great idea, because it has started to rain heavily. My first rain in Taiwan! Wow, there have been so quickly so much water. And it has been everywhere. And the storm has been so loud. We had to wait under the roof for a while. And local people?They were so bored - like when European see the snow :-)
But today, it has turned out. There hasn't been an Asian in Europe experiencing rain, but European in Asia enjoying the rain!

Finally!! After three very hot weeks - RAIIIN!

Next interesting animal have been Penguins. They were so funny, they've walking, running, speaking together or just checking around.

Penguins are checking around

Another penguins - Jackass Penguins

Later, we've seen more and more animals - Brown bear, Asian Black bear, American beaver, Raccoon, Bobcat, American bison, Gray Wolf, Puma, Lynx, Przewalski's Wild Horses, many kind of birds - black swan, Pelicans.. and some Africans animals like Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra or Hippopotamus.

Brown bear

Black bear

American beaver

Przewalski's Wild Horses

Pelican

Black swan

Don't worry, it won't eat Joy! :-)

On our break, I've tried for the first time typical Taiwanese drink - Bubble milk tea. It has been very tasty! It taste little bit like an English black tea with milk. In the tea are inside jelly bubbles and when you drink, they come to your mouth like a surprise :-) I like it! And when you finish you drink, you're soo full!

My first Bubble milk tea

Toilets in public places

And as another thing, that European has probably never seen are toilets in public. It the houses, they are the same, but in the public, they are in the ground :-) Just see the picture :-)) When I've seen it for the first time, I had no idea, how to use it.. But true is, that it's more hygienic.

Triangle rice sushi

When we've returned home, we've tried triangle rice sushi. It's rice block with some ingredients inside, covered with seaweed (the green one). I've tried one with sea food inside and it tasted sooo amazing! I hope, I'll eat more and more of it!







And later, I've been taken to the dinner with Blues, Eveline and Pier. We've been to Banquiao (one part of Taipei city) to All you can Eat Hot Pot. It's very interesting place, I've never been there before. You can cook your own food and eat until you're full. There is one price for everyone. In the pot there are some mushrooms, vegetable, water and sauce and you can enter to this "hot pot" some fresh meat (we've had some bacon) and cook it. When your meat is ready, you put in on your own plate a eat it with your own sauce (fresh egg with sauce - that's all). I do not eat fresh egg very often, I guess, almost never, but this one - connected with meal - delicious! I hope, I won't gain a lot of kilos here :-)

Blues and Eveline in Hot Pot - learnig me, how to cook in Hot Pot :-)