We started out going to a temple. They have a lot of temples around the city, and we weren't really told the locations, but they were neat all the same. Taipei was a busy city, so we hustled amongst the locals to board the bus. Also it was very warm in Taiwan. We knew it was going to be warm, but the sun was really intense. The tour guide kept getting us out of the sun, which was nice and the bus had good air conditioning.
The temples were similar to those that we found in Japan. There were lines of locals worshiping, very interesting. Next we went to the site where the honor their soldiers, unknown soldiers and heroes. At this place they have guards to watch over the soldiers and heroes. We saw the changing of the guard, which was a nice ceremony. They had some beautiful flowers around the city and at the sites.
Next we went to another temple and then to the national museum. The museum housed beautiful relics of the Chinese history and Taiwan's history. We saw treasures of ivory and jade. They say all ivory belongs in museums, they don't believe more ivory should be taken from elephants. The carvings and works of ivory and jade were tremendous.
Next we went to lunch. We ate at the best hotel in the country according to the tour guide. It was The Grand Hotel, it was very large, red and at the top of a hill. The buffet was very good, with many options, it was an Asian type buffet we were told.
After lunch we went to another temple. After that we went to Chiang Kai-Shek's memorial which was a large building downtown. We toured inside where they have information about his reign. Finally we went to the handicraft shop for souvenirs.
We did make one last stop, very briefly to take a picture of Taipei 101, one of the tallest towers in the world. It had a very interesting design, very flattering, not just a boring ol' tall building.
We rested for a bit when we returned and then finished our night with dinner and the show.
Much love!
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