My week was pretty uneventful until Friday. Friday night I went to Temple street with some of the girls from Augustana and some French girls we met at Lingnan. While there, I bought an authentic Chinese fan (started at $40 and got it down to $20HKD). Then, Sunny, Laura, and I decided to have our palms read. My future looks pretty good according to the the Old Man. I will be married by 23, I guess I better start looking. My husband will love me forever, and we will have possibly two kids. He said don't bet on having any girls. He also said the lines on my hands are very straight forward, which means I am a person with a plan and I always carry it out (sounds about right to me!). Because of this, he said I will be very successful by age 30 and own at least 2 houses, possible 3. He also said I will live abroad with my husband and start a company. He said my hands show I am a sensitive and sincere person! I'm not sure how much of this to believe, I guess we will have to wait and see how much of this is really happens!! On Saturday, Sunny, Laura, and I decided to cross the Chinese border! We did it pretty successfully, but once in China we learned quickly that NO ONE speaks English. So we had to use some of Mandarin skills to get us to the Shenzhen zoo! Once we got to the zoo, we realized everything seemed a little shady, but we decided to keep going. All three of us got to feed tigers. These random men just gave us sticks with meat on them and we held it up to the cages (I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be able to do this in the US, especially unsupervised!) Not only did I get to feed a tiger, but I also got to hold a baby tiger (see Pics below)!! It was so cool, except when it came out growling! At that point I told the guy I didn't think I could do it anymore (it just seemed so angry, but I did it!) I guess I can check off holding a tiger on my list of things to do before I die! ha. The Shenzhen Zoo was very open, the monkeys just roamed around, and many of the animal areas did not have bars or anything! Thank goodness the tiger area did! The zoo was definitely a different experience compared to going to a zoo in the US. There was little supervision even around the dangerous animals! I also experienced my first Chinese bathroom. Lets just say it's basically a hole in the ground (literally). I guess I'm going to have to get used to that since I'll be leaving for Beijing on Thursday and will be in China for 11 days! So, I definitely had a lot of new experiences this weekend....palm reading, feeding a tiger, holding a baby tiger, and using the "Chinese" bathroom. This will be a weekend I will never forget!
Sunny getting her palm read
Me, very interested in what the Old Man has to say
getting my palm read
Welcome to CHINA!
all the major roads in Shenzhen were lined with the Chinese flag
a Swan at Shenzhen Zoo
a roaming monkey
I just liked the colors of this one
Beautiful!
Camel!
Ostrich
Rhino
I found a good place for Grandpa to fish...sorry I wouldn't get any closer because of my fear of fish!
Elephant
Laura feeding the tiger
Me feeding the tiger...I tried to look happy! haha
A very angry tiger...the "zoo keeper" kept taunting him
Hello....
Lions
Me holding the baby tiger! He was not very happy at the moment. And notice I was not in a caged area...they just brought it out into the pedestrian area. At lunch we kept wondering what would have happened if I dropped it??? I guess we will never know.
Another one of the little guy and me....he was pretty heavy!
Mr. Bear
aww so cute!
Mr. Bear getting some food! (we are pretty sure they starve some of the animals so that they will get a better reaction out of them when it's feeding time. The tigers were definitely excited to say the least)
Panther
Leopards
They love each other. The Chinese call these little guys the "Lesser Pandas"
Mamma and her baby...(if you look closely the baby is wrapped in the moms legs reaching up for her)
Buddies!
Another Momma and Baby....
Toucan?
This guy was not very happy
Pretty birds!
look at the colors!! Beautiful.
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