Seoul Zoo

So we finally had a nice day and I got to go to the zoo.  It was a huge place and the built the zoo kind of outside of Seoul and in the hills so youwalk up and down hills all day.  Lots of neat animals and there is even a dolphin show which I did not get to see but I will go again and there is an animal nursery with all the babies which I also missed because by the time I found it, it was closed.  But you can think of almost any animal and they have it.  Here are a few pics I took.

This is what you see when you are off the subway.

The map of the zoo!

So green and pretty on the walk to the entrance to the zoo.

Hamadryas Baboon

Diana Monkey

Cute little goats

This is what Koreans do I had a good picture with no one in it and then this lovely man walked right in front of my camera.

My new favorite animal the Ring-Tailed Coati.  So cute!

These guys are soo cute.

Sooty Mangabey.  Very curious animals that looked and me and seemed curious.

American Beavers.

Weird little rat looking this called Nutria's.  Kind of cute, but also look a lot like rats.

Sloth

A view from the top of the zoo.

Cute tiger.

Pigmy hippo!

Meerkats.

For Lyndz cause I know you love these guys!

I did get to eat a churro and it was really good!  Here I am trying to show yu the giraffes.

Cutem funny looking otter thing!

Great day at the zoo but I was very tired by the end.  I definatly need to go back and am planning to when mom and dad come visit in May!

Changdeokgung Palace

I was told to go to this palace on Chuseok day.  They said there would be festivities going on but I didn't find anything.  The palace was still a neat place to look at.  This palace was built in 1405 but burned down in 1592 and then rebuilt in 1610 and was the main palace for 270 years.

One of the entrances into the palace.

Since it was Chuseok day some kids were wearing their Hanbok's and these girls looked really cute with their umbrellas.

If you can read this it tells about the palace.

A device similar to the sundial that was also used for telling time.

There is a secret garden that goes on forever and has beautiful views.  It was a very peaceful place.

The other entrance.

A wishing well type place where you threw your coin onto the thing in the middle.

There was a long line for this food stand so I decided to try what they had.

This lady had small waffle like things where she put in some batter, then some read bean paste type thing, I think, and then more batter and baked it.

This is what you got and they were really good.  6 of them for $1.