Beijing Zoo and Aquarium

Today some of us went to the Beijing Zoo and Aquarium. It was a fun trip. It was really close to campus, only about a 20 Yuan taxi ride. The zoo was so crowded. It felt like all of China was there. There was hardly any room to walk and people were pushing and shoving all over the place. Aside from the crowds it was a lot of fun.

The zoo had a lot of different animals. We saw everything from zebras to tigers to a peacock. And of course a trip to the zoo in China would not be complete without seeing the giant pandas! That was really cool. We saw 4 different pandas and one was even climbing a tree. Some of the animals in the zoo seemed out of place. They had raccoons, squirrels and chickens in the zoo. They didn't seem like zoo animals to us.

The Giant Panda climbing a tree

After the zoo we went to the aquarium. It was probably the nicest aquarium I have been to. We got there just in time to watch a dolphin show. It was awesome. The dolphins did amazing tricks and were so fun to watch. They also had escalators that went right through the fish tanks. That was really neat. It was a really fun day.

Wenisa and Susan in front of a fish tank at the aquarium

Zai jian!