Day 7 - Taiwan (Free Day!!!)

Day 7 was our day to do as we please in Taiwan. A group of us decided to return to the electronics store so we could spend more time shopping for some gadgets. In the end we found that the prices for most brand name electronic items in Taiwan are about equivalent to those back in the U.S. so nobody bought too much but Bob did pick up a pair of excellent headphones. This took up most of our morning and as we began discussing our lunch options we all decided that a good old American lunch would really hit the spot. Someone remembered seeing a sign for Chili's back when we were at the Taipei 101 building so we were off to hunt it down. We eventually stumbled on the building but not wihtout the help of some very friendly locals that were kind enough to keep pointing us in the right direction along the way. After lunch it was a mad dash back to the hostel to meet up with Doug, Henry & Josy from Tamkang University because they graciously offered to take us to the zoo. The zoo was very beautiful and they are very proud of their Panda bears. I was looking forward to seeing the bears but when it was our turn to go through the exibit it must have been feeding time and all I was able to see was the bear making a run for the back of the enclosure to go to its feeding room. We were not allowed to hang around to see him when he came out because if they take one thing serious there it is making sure the line keeps moving. With the Panda exhibit out of the way we took the rest of the afternoon to stroll through the zoo and had a great time goofing around. On the way home we decided to keep with the American food theme and Doug took us to a great little hot dog shop that would rival anything in the U.S. That food really hit the spot and after we got back to the hostel it was pretty much lights out for me.