5:30 am arrival and we powered on. Good on us. 21500 steps to kill time between check in and room habitation.
Speaking of check in Chiang-Kai-Shek (in) memorial was our first stop. Not managing to find a SIM, we wandered drawing upon our skilful use of mime and all sorts of non-verbal communication to basically walk in a big circle.
2-28 Peace Park...
Tried to have lunch at the world famous Din Tai Fung but, with a 90min wait for table decided to try another day.
A quick bite in a very busy food court with o-so-polite locals hovering over our table until we got up.
Did I mention it rained and poured all day? Now everyone understands why I insisted on having our OWN brollies.
Did I mention it rained and poured all day? Now everyone understands why I insisted on having our OWN brollies.
Back to the Amba Songshan for a rest then we hit the famous Raohe Street Night Market for dinner.
Night markets for dinner - I’m gonna love it!
Tom loves the crabs.
Is this guy wearing a mask because he can smell what I can smell?
Taipei’s finest purveyor of sheep stomachs and monkey brains.
Tiny shells with stuff...
Hundreds of them...
A bit of church on a Saturday night...
DAY 2 - Beitou on day 2 ... and a bit of rugby
Too hot to touch
Very organised metro system - just make sure to hurry off because the doors will close on you - won’t they Sarah?
Taipei loves cartoons...
The Brass Monkey for the rugby - not a win but never mind, The schnitzel was fantastic and the Jets won.
We met lots of locals. They all (independently) warned us of the typhoon that is due tomorrow. Don’t worry -
Just buy lots of noodles and stay inside. Apparently the days following a typhoon are beautiful, so that’s something to look forward to.
This huge metal door can be closed to...? Keep out typhoon rain or be used as a public bomb shelter?
And to finish off the night - a photo in the photo booth.
