Taiwan: Dysfunctional Cameras

Sorry the Taiwan blogs have taken so long for me to get too. Like, any other trip I have taken in Asia I will use pictures to tell the details of my trip. Our first day in Taiwan we woke up early to head to the Taipei 101 building and meet up with Scott, who is my cousins cousin. He has lived there as an English teacher for about 5 years, so he was excited to show us around. We got blessed with absolutely gorgeous weather.

This is a view of the tower as we walked to it from the train station. Just a pretty view we enjoyed on our walk, while digging the weather.

We stopped for breakfast before heading to the Taipei 101 building. We wandered around the city hall area because we had time to kill before Scott, so why not enjoy the weather and see what we can in the limited time we are here.

This is my one of my favorite pictures I took. I love the look of the tower in the background of this rugged and old alley. Along the way we came across a baby goat in a cage and a lady selling goat milk...absolutely nothing wrong with that at all *rolls eyes*

When we met up with Scott he didn't want to go to the top of Taipei 101, because he had been recently, so we went without him. The elevator ride up was 37 seconds long and it went up 84 floors. My ears most certainly popped. The next set of pictures of views from the observation deck.

Here is a view of one side of Taipei. It is absolutely breathtaking. The Sun Yat-Sen Memorial is in this picture (building with the yellow roof). A different view of Taipei. There are some mountains in Taipei. It was nice to see some greenery. I had to get a picture with the Taipei 101 mascot because it was really cute. Next stop was the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial. Scott joined us by this point. There was a beautiful park and garden outside the Memorial. The man himself, Sun Yat-Sen.

The Sun Yat-Sen Memorial didn't take us very long to do, so afterward we headed to the Chiang Ki-Shek Memorial, which was far more appealing and it was bigger.

This is the last picture I captured on my camera before it went 'capute.' :(

From this point on the pictures of courtesy of Nicole's camera, which didn't have a zoom. Hence, why this blog is titled 'Dysfunctional Cameras.' I always love seeing the different types of architecture at different temples, shrines, memorials, etc.

I thought this archway was awesome. I especially love the blue roof.

We happened to choose a day to visit the Memorial when there was a huge prayer service taking place. Everyone was dressed in special uniforms and doing weird formations while praying. The massive statue of Chiang Ki-Shek. One of the biggest I've ever seen.

When we were finished with Chiang Ki-Shek we headed to snake alley. We were told there would be a lot of snakes around and that you can even try different type of snake dishes and drink snakes blood. Of course, Nicole was all for trying the snake blood, I was not, so together her and Scott did it.

They were each served 5 shots and the snake blood, plus snake soup.

I did try the snake soup and it was alright tasting. I doubt I would ever try it again, but I had to experience it while we were there.

Nicole and I had to capture the moment. That is a piece of snake on my spoon and in her mouth.

Once we finished with snake alley we headed to an outdoor market to look around, shop, eat dinner, etc. It reminded Nicole and I a lot of Myeong-dong, which is a huge shopping district in Seoul. When nightfall came Scott took us to this area that had outdoor patios and was largely for the gay population, but it was fun nonetheless. We got to enjoy some beers, fresh air and each others company. Outdoor patios are few and far between in Korea...