I went to the Taipei Zoo on Sunday and I was really impressed!! It's a big zoo with a good set-up and the coolest thing is the scenery--a lot of it is due to the climate, but they let tropical plants kind of grow over the paths! They've also put thought into the design for each animal section--like to enter the Bird World section, you have to walk through a tunnel painted with silhouettes of birds and clouds, but the clouds are motion-activated so when you walk past each one it gives out a different bird call. High Tech!
From the zoo, I took the longest cable car ride of my life on the Maokong Gondola and it was so high up--and long, almost 30 minutes--it was kind of scary after a while. The route has four tower stations where you can get off at different tourist destinations, and if it had been light out I would have stayed in Maokong and checked out the tea plantations there in the mountains.
Walking through the Taipei Zoo
Pretty close, right?!
Horse of a different color...you're doing it wrong!!
To get to the penguin exhibit you have to walk
through an ice tunnel
Going up a mountain in the Maokong Gondola...
...and coming down!!
Here's some videos of the elephants and the hippo, just because my Mom likes them. And what is up with this hippo?? Is he chewing something?
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