Is Taipei Zoo worth visiting? (+Raohe Street Food!)

[@samandnick]

We LOVED Taiwan so much. Still one of my top 5 countries! Some of the best food in Asia we had!! I wish we went to zoo...we love zoos!

[@user-cq9ri6ps2z]

Love to see you two so happy in Taiwan

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😊😊

[@user-kb8jg8fv6d]

1.A little reminder, the Taipei Zoo is built on a hillside. You can take the park shuttle bus at the entrance of the park directly to the highest point. It will be much easier to walk down the mountain from the higher point.😘 2.For those traveling to Taiwan, it may be easier to avoid Sundays and go to night markets after consecutive holidays🤔 3. 18:52 Glad you found your favorite dessert in Taiwan😘

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Great tips -thank you!!

[@user-rf8on1nj7b]

很喜歡您們的影片，很輕鬆，很有趣！感恩❤❤❤

[@jazzenthuiagirl]

We’re back in Taipei now too! :) I think Raohe is just mentioned in too many TikToks and YT videos so that’s why it’s so popular and busy. My hubs and I lived in Taipei for 3 years during the pandemic and Raohe was always empty. Both a good and bad thing. We really enjoy Ningxia and our local small night market in the Shida neighborhood. My hubs favorite mini pan fried buns and large chicken cutlet are there. Prices are better too. Our favorite pepper bun is close to Taipei Main station as well as our favorite scallion pancake and colorful chicken cutlets from Chiji. If you want a tour or would like any recs, happy to suggest them! We always wanted to film our adventures but it’s so much work. We just want to eat lol! Kudos to you guys. :)

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you!! 😊

[@XieDa-fly]

台灣是值得一來再來的國家，歡迎再來旅遊，喜歡你們的台灣遊及美食影片。

[@sdarkao9297]

💖👏🇹🇼👍✨

[@jeremymandelkern9260]

The Taipei Zoo + Maokong Gondola to the tea farms is a winning combo any day. Cheap & beautiful + fun for all ages.

[@eggeight]

Good morning🙋🏻‍♂❤ I'm back to watch Tales From Our Pocket🤩 Taipei Zoo is amazing!👍👍🏻👍 I love 💖 Raohe Street Night Market😍🥰😊 The video is so well-shot‼︎‼︎😆👍 I'm looking forward to the next episode. Keep up the good work💪💪💪 No more nonsense, let's press like👍

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you!! 😍🎉😁

[@gregchen4461]

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. We will make a 40-day trip next Friday to Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. 😊I will definitely add Taipei zoo to our trip. Cheers from Dallas.😊

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Your trip sounds amazing - enjoy it!!

[@TheFranhsu]

The mountain area behind the zoo is Mu Zha where you can get night view over the taipei city while sipping awesome Taiwanese tea. Next time you could take the cable cars from the zoo there! 😊

[@ymlee71]

Big hello to you two from USA!

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Hello, thank you!! 😊

[@user-sk6iz9ll8s]

Taipei Zoo is huge! It's worth to spend whole day hanging around there~Love to know you love it! Have fun!

[@richardsoane6192]

As usual your content and presentation is way ahead of many ! The zoo looked amazing and surprised to see Koala's . In Australia (in Victoria) you can hold them but just watch out for their huge claws and toilet habits. In Dubbo New South Wales at the Western Plains Zoo you could go to the elephant viewing platform and get up close and personal , I copped a blast of hot air thru it's trunk which was rough and spikey. Please note these visits were a long time ago and unsure what is permitted now.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

The elephant viewing platform sounds incredible! They're such amazing creatures. 🐘

[@sunset7389]

Your smile is very warm. I hope you will have a good time not only in Taiwan, but also wherever you go.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you! 😊😊

[@Pascali_Huang]

FYI: the Oscar-winning Taiwanese director, Ang Lee, shot the opening scene of Life of Pi right there in Taipei Zoo.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Ohhhh! We'll have to watch it! I don't think we've seen it yet.

[@user-nu9xb1fr1l]

因為 妳們是 星期五 去的。隔周休假 ，所以 父母都帶小孩 逛街了。 非假日 星期 1 ~ 4 ，人潮會少一半左右。

[@dazuotv]

The food at Raohe food stalls looks delicious, I want to try it 👍

[@CCT14627]

The monkey you met in the wild is the same species as you saw in the Zoo. It's Macaca cyclopis or Formosan macaque, which is the only indigenous primate of Taiwan. The size looks different, probably due to the overly well-fed condition of the zoo animals versus their wild counterparts.

[@TL243]

Dude you are so lucky. And thank you for ❤❤❤❤🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼‼️

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😊😊😊

[@cookieyu1]

You would have had the opposite experience if you chose to go to Maokong rather than Raohe Night Market after the visit to the zoo. Maokong is a place for enjoying Taiwanese tea, the view and the chill atmosphere. However, since you've tried tea in Jiufen, I think that is okay to skip it, even though the vibe between them is still a little different. Besides, Maokong is more like a place to spend time with friends. It could be relatively less exciting and informative. But I believe you will be back in Taiwan many more times shortly, it is always good to know there are still tons of things that you can explore.

[@user-qm2gt6lk8p]

Food is so yummy😋😋👍👍

[@paiwanhan]

@12:45 Yeah, those are two different sub-species of Formosan Rock Macaque. The ones you saw on the trails are called Formosan Rock Macaque Atheleticas, and the ones in the zoo are called Formosan Rock Macaque Couch-potatus. @21:34 I am glad you've discovered my favorite traditional Taiwanese dessert, the tsōng-guân-ko. It is so labor intensive that very few vendors are willing to sell them anymore.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

The monkey names. 😂😂😂😂

[@wangvicky9369]

I love animals. taipei zoo must to go!😂❤。I can stay there until closing.

[@tbo92]

Oh wow, another great vlog! 👏👏👏 What a way to cease the week, thank you!!! I've never been to the zoo in Taipei but have made several trips to Raohe night markets.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Time to go to the zoo! 😉😊

[@leeyingni]

It’s wonderful to share the trip in Taipei zoo. The worldwide zoo project is great.

[@andyk446]

Visited the zoo recently after watching your video, def worth a visit. Wasnt too many ppl so it was great especially withh great weather. Planning on going back since it's so affordable.

[@tiro_taiwan]

Taipei Zoo is the biggest zoo in Asia, and the world 10th zoo

[@MaryLeguera]

Loved the video, it was so informative! We're heading to Taipei next month. Do you think it's suitable for someone who's recovered from a heart condition? Any insights on which routes to take to make the most of our trip? Appreciate your help, thanks. 🙂

[@AIRJASON2002]

水獺非常可愛，我很喜歡的動物之一 台北市立動物園非常大，前幾年帶侄子去，走的很累 在野外看到那些應該都是台灣獼猴，在動物園看到的似乎是狒狒 台北市立動物園 有捷運可以抵達門口，相當方便，且票價便宜，適合 遊客、親子活動 饒河夜市也有捷運可以抵達，不過外國人對於轉搭 會比較麻煩一些（台灣人也未必了解要怎麼轉搭）

[@kenzoa2]

台灣很小~可是台北動物園卻是亞洲最大的

[@sdarkao9297]

Welcome you two to travel to Taipei again.🐨🐘🦥🐼🦒These animals are so cute!!!!!💓💗💖💝❤️

[@MrFlydennis]

建議你們離開前可以去體驗一次台式洗頭！

[@skikid00]

You two really produce quality videos with great sense of humor. I was smiling and laughing the entire time. So glad Bill actually found his wild ass. LOL

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😁😂😁 and thanks!!

[@doctor.hermes]

Love your videos! Keep 'em coming! Tipped $10 CAD as a small token of my appreciation, for your next trip to Taiwan.

[@chiehlilee9224]

Panda are usually not very active because of their diet. They are carnivores turned herbivores. Their digestive track are not designed for their favorite food, the bamboo shoots. Even though that is their primary food source, they can derive very low energy from them. So they have to eat a lot of it but still have very low energy so most of the time they just lie around to preserve the little energy they have.

[@1970smallbo]

😊❤

[@suela2789]

Another awesome work Thank you！

[@hhwwll1247]

冬季去動物園，動物都躲起來，看不到很多，夏季去比較好玩！天氣熱吃冰淇淋更快樂！

[@yfllll]

I’ve been to taipei zoo 2-3 times and still haven’t seen everything. The maokong gandola is also near there and has a stop in the zoo!

[@stevecameron52]

Hi guys from Toronto Canada......our Blue Jays are playing your Twins in the first round of the playoffs......love your videos....just curious how long were you in Taiwan and have you thought about doing a Q and A....

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you! We were in Taiwan for 4.5 - 5 amazing weeks. 2eve thought about doing a Q&A but haven't done one yet (obviously 😉). Go Twins!! ⚾

[@fengyi63]

台北市立動物園是全亞洲最大的動物園，預計開發182公頃，目前開發大約一半，還有一半沒開發，走起來真的是累死人⋯。😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@whitelove5658]

We never go to night market on Sat. and Sun.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

I suspect there's a reason for that... 😂😂

[@ccwitchypuffy4481]

Love your humours “Arse” joke🤣 definitely not swear one 😂

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😁😁😁

[@maryjoytubac-egnacio7340]

Omg it’s Taiwan I’ve went there before😊

[@user-bn6pi7bg2o]

台灣很多風景區的竹子護欄，其實是模組製作的鋼筋水泥產品，外表仿竹紋油漆😂

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😁😁😁

[@cashhsutwp]

Yes,I think Keelung Miaoko Night Market is better,too. And The Second Night Market is Ning Xia (in Taipei Area.)

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Oh, yes! We walked through Ning Xia on one of our early days in Taipei but we didn't stop there. It did look like a good one! I'll save it for next time. 😊

[@user-hh7pq5gi2p]

帶小朋友都會去動物園玩，小朋友都很開心

[@zackho158]

Bamboozled 😂😂

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😉😉😉

[@0762la]

ha , African wild ass . looked at her facial expression. Welcom to Taiwan. I love your videos.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😁😁😁

[@user-ym7mt3hi3p]

我基隆人也愛吃基隆夜市

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

❤️❤️

[@ryanhola621]

The zoo only take $2 ? how can they do it ?

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

We don't know!! It's such a well kept zoo for that price. Perhaps the government helps fund it?

[@jeffreyliu921118]

those sloths were more active than the pandas. doing sit ups and stretches...

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Yes, you're totally right!

[@Lion-hx8cc]

很多台灣人不知道 台北動物園是亞洲最大動物園 便宜的票價、便宜的園區交通車 我上個月才去 好多外國遊客在那邊😂 一天聽到7、8種語言 我自己很好奇，為什麼出國會去逛動物園

[@AudReally]

How much time do we alot for taipei zoo + maokong gandola?

[@user-li8ey1sq7f]

❤👍

[@sinkimrocks]

some scenes of “Life of Pi” was filmed at this zoo

[@iotifa]

Taipei zoo 可以從熱帶國家 沙漠國家 到 寒帶國家的生物 鱷魚 大象 企鵝 蝴蝶 生物的多樣性真的讓人很經艷!

[@user-it6kn4cy6d]

台灣貓熊是世界唯四由陸方贈送的，其他國家的貓熊為租的；木柵動物園也是我心目中動物園之最；建議遊玩方式，一開始先搭園區小火車先到動物園山頂企鵝館慢慢往下玩；我記得穿山甲館沒有穿山甲；穿山甲好像在台灣動物區

[@user-vk9vc8kb1b]

如果不是艷陽天,值得一去,但建議可以順便去搭纜車

[@cheng-enwang1299]

We just celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival on Sep. 29 and had BBQ all over Taiwan.

[@user-bh1sf2bc9s]

I love Taiwan.😊😃

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

We do, too!

[@綠色笨鎖]

8:40 Wild ass 野屁股 😂

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😁😁😁

[@user-xo4qz8mr8c]

台北市立動物園是亞洲最大的動物園 也應該全世界最便宜的動物園

[@user-uk4pk9ew5e]

捷運動物園 南京復興 松山 就到了饒河街夜市

[@Lindalinda-bl2hx]

I guess the lion is already dead. I went there around 20 years ago.

[@ervinInierras]

What's your camera

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Hi! we have a few cameras we film with - there's a link in the description to our setup! 😊

[@deniserheault5744]

Did you learn any Cantonese before or during your trip?

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

We did not. We tried to learn a few words while there. 😊

[@deniserheault5744]

@@TalesFromOurPocket it’s really tricky with the tones.

[@ehmmmjay9907]

LOL at 9:50, maybe they just say that so us Americans don't try to eat it!

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😂😂😂

[@user-ze6rc8xo8b]

👍👍👍👨👩‍🦳⛽️⛽️⛽️

[@constandin861]

Lions and bears are crying for your ignorance.😊

[@jeychen5888]

Monkeys in the wild look thinner because of poor nutrition.

[@distinctloafer]

Short Answer: No Taipei also is just a mid city with shit weather.

[@user-nx9wi8kc5n]

不是吃 就是睡 跟本沒用...

[@jeffreycs71]

所以你看影片只看吃跟睡其他自動忽略掉?

[@michaelreed4744]

Nice zoo.