I felt that I should not waste my time in Taipei just clubbing and skating so I educated my self some. I attended my friend’s Chinese classes. Learned some new words and I also visited the Taipei Zoo. I went to see animals out of their natural environment. Well it was great. I had the best time at the zoo. Five of my friends went with me. What is the Taipei zoo like? Well it looked like the Miami zoo after hurricane Andrew. It was a mess. I do not know because I have always been used to the American zoos.  You know where the animals are so far from the people and not at hands reach. Nevertheless, well the situation is different in the Taipei zoo. You know those home videos you see of people having animal encounters at the zoo. Well I think a lot of them must have occurred in the Taipei. Zoo.  I’m ok it wasn’t that bad. I still have my arms and legs. He got a few good hits on me. But yeah there I was. I was looking at the monkeys, my relatives. There was this one monkey form South America. So I think Oh he must speak Spanish. Before long him and I start to have a great conversation. I get closer and closer and have my camera on video at this point. I thought that the monkey was not in hands reach of me. Much to my surprise he went to crab me.  I had no idea that those cute little hands could touch me. Therefore, I started to taunt him a little with friends to see what he would do. DO NOT TAUNT MONKEYS! He became angry. Well more like pissed. The mama jokes I think were what put him over the edge. He began to destroy his own cage and throwing stuff. Then he began to trying to grab me and swinging at me. He could not get his hands on me I was just far enough. I was getting some great photos. I was just another typical tourist filming and waiting for things to go wrong. Then him and I made eye contact. NEVER LOOK IN THEIR EYES!  Well this monkey caught me off guard. He pulled back then came at me and smacked me so hard with his tail. I fell forward and he grabbed at me.  I get scared then he uses his tail again and another left hook with the tail I fall back and KO. There he is sitting and clapping and laughing in monkey lingo. So the South American monkey kicked my ass. Before this I wanted one as a pet but now if they are not in the jungle or in a zoo I’d rather have them on my wall stuffed. Latter in my zoo adventure I witnessed an amazing thing. A 100 year old turtle having sex with a young 75 year old turtle. Did I get it on film I am sure your thinking? Yeah and I got pics. It was so funny. Turtles may be slow in walking but in the sack I have great respect for them. I feel Man can learn a lot from turtles. But the funniest part was that there was a little kid next to me watching and he looked over to his dad in such fear and asked, “ Daddy are they fighting?” It was so funny you had to be there.

But I am sure now your like wow Javy sounds like you had a great time that week there can’t be anything else. Well let me warn you.  If I disgusted you eating bugs last month don’t read any more. Now I must tell you this has been something I have wanted to do for a long time but wasn’t sure if I would do it if the chance ever arose. But yeah there I am walking in the night market and I hear ,”Have you ever drank snake blood? Want to try snake blood?  It was just like from the movie the BEACH. If you have not seen the movie the BEACH, you must. That movie got me on fire to go half way around the world when I was just 16 and do it all. This movie I feel has many things that are the same to my life. So let me walk you thru this scene because I am sure your bored and don’t have much to do today and you need a little of my craziness so you don’t forget me. I was with a bunch of exchange student in Taipei. We were in snake ally. This guy asked me Have you ever drank snake blood?  Want to try snake blood? I looked at him and thought about it. Well if I do it, I know my grand parents are going to shit a brick. That is the only thing they told me not to do. I thought life is so short and time is flying by so I might never get a chance to do this again. Yeah I said, “Let’s do it.” He poured me a nice glass of fine fresh snake blood.  It was so red it looked like blood smelt like blood.  There was a cobra looking at me hissing and ready to strike me. Everything went silent and my world hit slow motion. I am looking at his glass that is on the table and thinking wow. I have to do it. Pick up the glass and do it Javy. You only live once and this is just another amazing experience. I put my hands on the glass grabbed the glass lifted it up, toasted my friends who were to scared to do it. I Looked at the Cobra and well bottoms up. I felt this amazing rush come over me. Maybe it was the snake blood or the adrenaline who knows but any fear I ever felt left. It was amazing. I was not scared but I was hesitating at the last second. However, it was amazing. I drank snake blood. Crazy cannot believe it. What did it taste like? I cannot even explain it, no words. The taste and after taste were well interesting Like nothing I have ever drank before. I put the glass down and the guy asked me want to eat snake? I was like well drank snake blood might as well eat the snake also. Sat down and had a bowl of snake soup. What did it taste like? Well I have come to the conclusion that somehow during creation God must have gotten bored of making things taste different and made it taste like chicken. Snake taste like chicken with 1000 bones. An amazing experince I’ll tell my grand children some day. Haahaha. Doing it all. If you do not believe the story,  well enjoy the pics. Oh and I also have the video. Love Taiwan. And yeah living life to the fullest.   

The Pictures!