Friday, May 30, 2014

Ueno Zoo

Today is another free day and I don’t know actually what to do today. I decided to head to Ueno Zoo since several of my classmates have already been and said that the zoo was a really nice place to go.I set out to the train station to get on Ginza Line to head to Ueno Station. Arriving at Ueno station I headed straight to the zoo and because of the Grutt pass I was able to go for free. As soon as I got in I went straight to the Panda’s. This is the first time I actually saw a Panda and it was really nice to see. What I really wanted to see was the gorillas and polar bears. I quickly saw the lion and the tiger and headed straight to the gorilla. Once I got there the gorilla, it was hiding behind a big piece of wood and would not come out. So my thrill and excitement to see the gorilla quickly diminished. I headed straight to the polar bear but before arriving saw some bats which were actually eating at the time so that was pretty cool. Once I arrived at the polar bear exhibit I was really excited because the polar bear was actually very active. I got some great footage of the polar bear swimming and actually playing with some toys. The size of the polar bear actually astonished me because you really didn’t see how big it was until you saw it in person. After the polar bear I followed the path to the elephant exhibit which was pretty nice. I circled back after the elephants to see if the gorilla came out of hiding and saw that it was still hiding. I left the zoo thinking I saw mostly everything only returning and my class mates told me that I missed an entire exhibit of reptiles which was disappointing but my trip was still pretty exciting.




                                                      Polar Bear Swimming

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