a skunk at the zoo.

 here are some pictures from yesterday in the forbidden city and the pearl market



last night was a little rough because i was waking up every other hour to blow my nose. so i slept in until around noon when we decided to visit the beijing zoo. it was beautiful! the zoo is famous for their giant pandas, but the panda exhibit was rather underwhelming. the sleeping pandas looked dead and they were all yellowed. the zoo was a combination of a huge park (think central park), a zoo, an aquarium, and an amusement park. my favorite part was seeing a baby snub nosed monkey hop around. so cute!! they also had animals i did not expect to be in a zoo such as a skunk and a raccoon. the tigers were HUGE (go tigers :). the habitats for the animals were really bad compared to zoos in the US. people were smoking and littering everywhere. when we were looking at a lion (that was sleeping) this guy threw a full water bottle at the lion!! we couldn't believe it! does PETA know about this zoo?



we ate dinner at mcdonalds then took a taxi back to the apartment. i'm exhausted so i think i'm staying in tonight.