One of our last days in Beijing we visited the Beijing Zoo and Aquarium. The best part about the zoo was the Panda exhibit. We love pandas, but it is difficult to find one outside of China unless you visit a large zoo. We were able to see one in Chiang Mai, but the Beijing Zoo has ten. The picture above is of five young Pandas rolling around and chowing down on some bamboo.
Would you believe this little guy didn't even offer us any. How rude! That is okay. I don't think bamboo would have settled well with our systems. This one reminded us of Jennifer's dad.
This guy was chillin' outside (literally, it was much colder in Beijing than it had been in Chaing Mai). We caught him waking up from a nap. Notice the tongue.
I think it may have been "stick your tongue out at the American" day at the zoo. However, this Coon was originally from North America, so he should have been a little nicer. It was kind of funny to see a North American Raccoon on display at the zoo. A little taste of home. Except most we see in the States are on the side of the road a little less lively than this one.
It was a little cold the day that we were there. This Jaguar decided to try and stay out of the cold as much as possible. At least we got to see his head.
It seems all creatures have the show-offs. You would have thought this guy was a king or something.
This was a little sad. Many of the cages were small and not well heated. This monkey's cage was open to the cold. We didn't even realize that there was a baby until I zoomed in with the telephoto lens.
This is also sad. Would you believe that this is the first yak that we have seen since we moved to Mongolia? We had to go all the way to China to see a yak. Apparently, not many yaks live in UB.
The Beijing Aquarium was located inside the Zoo. Visiting both made for a full day of walking. However, we did go to the Forbidden City two days before and the Wall the day before. Walking was a big part of our time in Beijing.
The Aquarium was not the largest that I have ever been to, but it was still very impressive.
One of our last days in Beijing we visited the Beijing Zoo and Aquarium. The best part about the zoo was the Panda exhibit. We love pandas, but it is difficult to find one outside of China unless you visit a large zoo. We were able to see one in Chiang Mai, but the Beijing Zoo has ten. The picture above is of five young Pandas rolling around and chowing down on some bamboo.
Would you believe this little guy didn't even offer us any. How rude! That is okay. I don't think bamboo would have settled well with our systems. This one reminded us of Jennifer's dad.
This guy was chillin' outside (literally, it was much colder in Beijing than it had been in Chaing Mai). We caught him waking up from a nap. Notice the tongue.
I think it may have been "stick your tongue out at the American" day at the zoo. However, this Coon was originally from North America, so he should have been a little nicer. It was kind of funny to see a North American Raccoon on display at the zoo. A little taste of home. Except most we see in the States are on the side of the road a little less lively than this one.
It was a little cold the day that we were there. This Jaguar decided to try and stay out of the cold as much as possible. At least we got to see his head.
It seems all creatures have the show-offs. You would have thought this guy was a king or something.
This was a little sad. Many of the cages were small and not well heated. This monkey's cage was open to the cold. We didn't even realize that there was a baby until I zoomed in with the telephoto lens. 
This is also sad. Would you believe that this is the first yak that we have seen since we moved to Mongolia? We had to go all the way to China to see a yak. Apparently, not many yaks live in UB.
The Beijing Aquarium was located inside the Zoo. Visiting both made for a full day of walking. However, we did go to the Forbidden City two days before and the Wall the day before. Walking was a big part of our time in Beijing.
The Aquarium was not the largest that I have ever been to, but it was still very impressive.
While we were there, we got to see a Dolphin and Seal show. This was the first one that Jennifer had ever been to. It was pretty neat even though we couldn't understand anything that was being said.
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