The Zoo in Taipei is the largest in Asia and a leader in research, conservation and education.
We normally do not go to Zoo's, but we went here because we wanted to see the Panda Bears. We ended up spending many hours in the Zoo and we both had an experience, that was really good.
This is the entrance to the African animals, which we both liked the most together with the Panda Bears.
We saw White Rhinos
and the were fighting...
Or maybe just playing...
They were big, but cool..... :)
We also saw Mountain Gorillas.
Here is a huge silver back male.
We saw a nice Bongo antelope.
Of course we saw giraffes...
There ere a couple of elephants, but the best were the...
Giant Panda Bears...
Here we saw the 3 panda bears who live in Taipei Zoo.
The 7th of July 2013 was the 3rd Giant Panda Bear born.
The Panda's were incredibly cute, but hard to take pictures of because they were behind glass.
The Maokong area used to be the biggest tea growing area of Taipei. Maokong still produces some tea and the many restaurants in the area offer both good food and good tea.
This is the Maokong Gondola. We went up to the mountains in these cable cars.
In the weekends many local people go to these mountains to hike and climb plus having a picnic in the nature.
A combination of traditional tea culture, food and scenery are the main reasons why this area has become a tourist destination.
While we were up in the mountains we visited some Chinese temples.
Zhinan temple on Maokong mountain in Taipei.
This is a taoist temple which was founded in year 1882.
On the way to the temple.
The gate to the temple.
They also have a lot of beautiful orchids in Taiwan.
The main deity is Lü Dongbin who is a Chinese scholar and a poet.
Next stop will be the city of Kaohsiung in the south of Taiwan.
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