Taipei Trip

Taipei the International City of Taiwan

So this last weekend I traveled to Taipei, Taiwan. This is the international city of Taiwan and a very famous city for many different things. Many call it the heart of Asia. It is home to many things and of course the 3rd tallest building in the world, at one time the first, Taipei 101. I was able to visit this wonderful city and I loved it so much!

The Lin Family Mansion and Garden

This was a Mansion and Garden owned by 'lord' type people back in the day and was very beautiful and I would have loved to have also seen it in its hay-day!

 

Lovely Gardening, My mom would have loved to see all of this!

A bridge going over a pond. it was all very beautiful.

The roots grew into the rock and it was a very cool site.

I was posing for a picture in their garden/pond area. This was a very neat site to have been able to see.

 

Downtown

I was able to walk around in downtown Taipei and I loved being able to see all of the different things, buildings, and parks!

 

This was connected to a mall/metro area and the landscape was just put together very well.

 

Very cool chain post with a downtown background.

 

This is the National Building, very tall and pretty for downtown Taipei.

 

Taipei 101

I was so excited to see Taipei 101 and it is a landmark to be seen from far. I always pointed it out wherever I was and it is such a beauty!

Taipei 101

 

I took a selfie with the building standing right next to it.

This is from the top of the building looking down, it was cloudy that day. :(

I had to pose to prove I made it to the top!

 

I am at the observation deck, this was the 91st floor out of 101. I am posing with the rest of the building above me, or what you can see of it!

 

Memorial Hall

I went to a memorial hall downtown that is very temple like, that shows art exhibits, and has a memorial for their founder as well as the 'changing of the guards'. It was an overall very neat and cool exhibit!

 

S. Y. S. Memorial Hall

 My selfie with Taipei 101 next to the Memorial Hall.

 



The Changing of the Guards

The Main room in the Hall.

The outside park of the Memorial Hall. A very nice, large park to just sit and enjoy Taipei in next to the memorial.

 

Museums and more Museums

I went to the National Palace Museum. It had artifacts, paintings, everything from Chinese and Taiwanese history. This museum was a very large tourist attraction, very large and very nice.

One of the buildings of the National Palace Museum.

 

This was outside of the Aborigines Museum. I loved this museum. It showed many artifacts from the aborigine people of Taiwan. It was very interesting and I loved it.

This was the Hot springs Museum. It was put in the place of an old Japanese bath house. This museum was very interesting and I would have loved to see it in its hay-day. I was not able to see the actual hot springs because it started raining, so our day was ended early! :(

 

Taipei Zoo

This was awesome, I was able to see animals that I have never seen before. I loved it and it was very cool to be able to see. One negative thing was that the pandas were so popular, you had to go at your time with the card that they gave you, plus it was a walk along exibit, you could not stand and look and take pictures, so I snapped a few as I walked past.

 

Front of the Zoo

I had to take a selfie with the monkeys. This one is for Aliesha! :)

The Panda Bear. They were so cute and they looked so happy!

Someone got a little tired so decided to take the day off.

My first time seeing koala bears as well! They were super adorable as well. This one is the Mom with its baby.

 

Miramar Entertainment Park

This was a mall and entertainment area with games, a movie theater, rides, live concerts, it was pretty cool!

 

 

This is me at the base of the Fraise wheel. I think I read that it is the largest in Asia. It was so tall you could see all of Taipei at the top of it. I loved going up in this!

We went up at sunset, so it was perfect timing! I loved it!

Looking out at the City close to the top.

The live concert at the Park. It was so much fun! I loved it!

I had to take a selfie next to the Park. It was very cool all lit up at night!

 

MRT and Night Market

I had fun riding the Metro system, I was able to go a lot of places for a cheep fair, I also loved walking around the night market, it was fun and I loved stopping at all of the little shops to look or buy things. I will have to explain more about them when I get home, but they are awesome!

 

One of the Market places during the day time.

Inside the MRT metro train. It was very convenient and I loved it!

This is one of the above ground Metro Stations. I just loved the picture so I decided to give it a 'snap'.

Inside the MRT/metro station, it is busy from the time it opens to the time it closes. this is one of the ways people get around. Very good means of public transportation.

This is Myself along with two friends, Thedia and Brandy at the night market. This night market was close by our hotel, and I loved this one, it was so much fun and had things for all ages to do there along with eat and shop of course!

 

Taipei was so much fun and I am so glad that I was able to go, I only with that I could have spent more time while being there. I love big cities because there is always so much to do. As an international city, it had many foreigners like us walking around doing there business in the great city of Taipei!

 

Signing out,

Michael Reed