Shawn and Tarisha; Part Two, Taipei Zoo and Maokong Gondola

We woke up bright and early (well some of us did), and headed off to the zoo! It was a rainy day so it wasn't too busy which is exactly what we wanted. It also gave Tarisha and I an excuse to buy matching umbrellas from the zoo.

Again, the zoo did not disappoint. Every animal was so active, it was amazing. I think the highlight for all of us was the tiger. He was right up against the glass and jumping on top of the glass, I have never seen anything like it before.

After the zoo, we decided to go to the Maokong Gondola ride. For only 100NT there and back, you get to ride all the way up to the Maokong teahouses. It was definitely worth the $3 CAD that we paid. The views were amazing and I would love to go back to see them again. Finally we get to the top and we visit a teahouse. Which also had an amazing view of the mountains right beside our table. This day was definitely an amazing day. We finished it off with visiting mine and Rick's favourite night market in Taipei; the Raohe Street Night Market. We tried to have a somewhat early night as the next day we were headed to Hualien for two days and from there, straight to Kenting for the next four.

Day one in Taipei

So let's all pretend I wasn't the worst blogger in the world and I wrote about this trip as it happened okay.. okay good!

So we made the journey from Taoyuan City to Taipei, we got to sit most of the way, and bringing my new small suitcase was definitely a good idea rather than bringing a backpack! On our flights to Taiwan, I was constantly jealous at every airport of the people who brought a small suitcase as their carry-on so I decided to join them.

Finally we arrive at our place we booked through Air BnB and we loved it. Our host was awesome and it was pretty much exactly like a hotel. Much to our surprise, and pleasure, we found out there was a huge night market very close to where we are staying. Since we didn't arrive till later, our first night we stayed close to our place and just visited the night market. Which we would continue to do almost every night of our stay haha

The start of our journey

Pretty excited to be in Taipei, even if he was sick

Raohe St. Night Market

My new favourite dessert