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AND so to brunch 'n lunch:o
Trust Bro to find 2 wheelers! upmarket scooter Triumph Bonneville T100
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Another Triumph - sans hand warmers!
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COG4
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COG5
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Real Temple Orchids
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Orchids & Real Wife!
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An old Buddhist Monk!
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Brunch stop - 'Western Style'
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Goes well with Taiwan Beer says Bro! (whatever it is?)
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Lunch options inc. 'the little black duck'
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Stay tuned - more to follow!:cool:
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Thank you Old, a lovely bit of armchair sight-seeing. :) I'm staying tuned!
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Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
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It makes me feel quite warm;)
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Howdy all - glad you're enjoying the trip so far!:cool:
The next 4 posts cover their first full day 2nd. March & includes the Taipei 101 building tour ( with high end shops inside) more food & another temple visit.
Bro finds some very special "rocks" just for my benefit, & I hope you'll like them too.
Bro's blog of the day/night:o
A very busy day - up early sorting through photos, breakfast at the Hotel (nice!) and then organised Tickets for the High Speed Train to Tainan on Monday. One of the Hotel Reception ladies took us next door to a "Family" Supermarket (similar to a 24/7 store) where they have vending machines that, amongst other services, allow you to purchase Train tickets. We were glad she offered to help though as the instructions were largely in Mandarin. I did see ticket machines at the MRT (Metro) which had instructions in English as an option so that might be the way to go in future.
That sorted we caught a taxi to the Taipei 101 Tower in the centre of Town. Not all (or many) Taxi Drivers speak English (and my Mandarin is a bit rusty) so luckily 'Taipei 101' in English sounds remarkably similar to 'Taipei 101' in Mandarin - what's the odds?
Since getting lost once in Jaipur and realising not only did we not know where our Hotel was, but also we couldn't remember its name (!), we always carry a business card for our Hotel written in English plus the local lingo. That way we can always get transport back to base irrespective of language issues.
Taipei 101 is one huge building and we spent quite a bit of time there scaring ourselves looking down the 91 stories (not the highest part of the building either!) and browsing through the very high end shops.
Back to the Hotel for a rest and then out to find dinner before our organised walk. Finding a feed is more difficult than you would think - imagine all menus written in a language you can't read and all the vendors not being able to understand you or you them. In the end I had chips, chocolate and a beer so all the main food groups were ticked off.
The walking tour was great but given this was the last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations for the coming Year of the Dog (Hi Molly and every other much loved dog we have ever had!) as well as the last night of the Lantern Festival, the joint was jumping and hence very busy. We were both happy to get back to the Hotel at about 11:00pm and hit the sack.
Enjoy the pix.
The T101
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T101 FYI
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Hold on to ya daks!
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Building wind damper
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High end shopping 5th level
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We went here!
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Near the top (hope he didn't forget that cap!)
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At the 89th
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Anything you can do!
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Venturing outside
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Day 2 continues!
That Cap won't escape!
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Reflect - a - selfie!
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Bottomless Pit
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Jump up & down here Dear!
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A bit hazy
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The Big Smoke
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Phew - back on the ground
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Deck of Cards building
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Foot tattoos for New Year!
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Bro says "it's udderly wonderful" - Groan
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Temple tour & food over:
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Day/Night 2 tour, high end "rock" shops & foods!
Shopping for an Alabaster Vase anyone?
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Or carved Jade
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Carved Jasper chookies!
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Gemstone bead jewellery
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A Camel Amethyst geode (spirit healing - unless dropped on the foot)
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The said Camel
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Or something smaller???
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During walking tour of Longshan Temple
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Street scene1
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Street scene2
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Longshan Temple & foods!
Lantern festival lights
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Temple front
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Inside Longshan
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Longshan2
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Longshan3
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My Cap enjoys Dinner!
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I see squid
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AND mixed seafood
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Don't dare ask!
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couple more over:
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Late day 2:o
Anyone for fish 'n frogs legs:confused::eek:
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Fishy or Froggy:confused:;)
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enjoy your food all :rolleyes:
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I thought I was adventuress, but I wouldn't do most of the things your bor. and sil do