Taipei, Taiwan Photo Gallery
Coming into the port in Keelung. Can you see the Buddha temple on the top of the mountain?
Love sculpture in front of Taipai 101. We have one of these at Crystal Bridges in Arkansas.
In the Taipei 101 Mall.
Taipei 101, because it has 101 floors above ground (& 5 underground). Notice 8 sections supported by 8 columns. 8 is for good luck in Taiwan.
A view of Taipei from the 89th floor of Taipei 101.
A view of a couple of bridges from the observation deck.
Another view.
A view with part of the building in the foreground.
View of National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memoriaal Hall & Taipei Dome.
View of the tunnels we came through to get to the city.
The cars and buses look so tiny!
Can you tell that I like these views from way up high?
They had so many floral decorations in the observation deck area that were beautiful!
They had some puppet shows and actors and actresses in costume.
The costumes were so elaborate.
Flowers that were on display.
Some doll decorations.
An acrobatic trio that performed for our group.
Two people fit under these masks and did a performance.
Gwen in one of the pretty photo-op areas.
This is a damper ball to take the shock in an earthquake. (Which happened 4 days after we were there, the country's worst in 25 years, & was said to work perfectly.)
Our snacks during the event here were very nice!
These musicians performed so beautifully while we had some food. I need to listen to music like this more often.
Sculpture called "Infinite Life", an embryo made from used elevator cables.
The Glass Tangram Project-Each glass brick has the name of a consultant, investor, or worker involved in the Taipei 101 project.
Coach sculpture in front of the mall at Taipei 101.
We thought that this building, next to Taipei 101, resembled Lego blocks.
The Taiwanese are very courteous! In the subway they line up with no crowding to go up the escalator.
In Daan Park the flowers were gorgeous!
Daan Park.
Hollyhocks.
A giant robot in the park.
The flowers are cleome spinosa, spider plant.
Bonsai plants in the flower market.
I think these are double-flowered Oriental Lillies.
Oh these orchids!!!
Bougainvillea-so vibrant!!!!
I'd never seen this fruit before, so took a photo. Google says it's loquat fruit. I wonder what it tastes like.
This was in front of a police station.
Just a beautiful street that we were walking down.
Eating our lunch with locals at KaoChi, a restaurant since 1949.
The steamed dumplings at KaoChi, our favorite.
The fried dumplings at KaoChi.
Going to Old Town.
At Old Town.
Old Town.
Old Town.
An Expo that we happened upon and decided to look around.
At the expo.
The Grand Hotel Taipei.
Hua Guan Tower in Keelung.
The Keelung Port at night.
The Keelung Port at night.
The little lights on top of the terminal are the Taiwanese people waving goodbye to us with their phones. It was very touching!