Although I have been to Asia many times, I had a little bit of extra time to visit some new areas in each of the cities I visited.
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On Thursday, I took a subway to get to the downtown area. It was 6 stops away and only cost about 70 cents. I wandered around the area of Taipei 101, a 101 story building, and then ate dinner. The downtown area is bustling with people all evening, both working and shopping. There is small park right across the street from Taipei 101 and there was a group of people doing exercise, but other than that the park was empty.
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After work on Friday, I went with my co-worker Lin went up the National Palace Museum, just north of Taipei City. This is a museum that houses treasures from the last 4,000 years from both mainland China and Taiwan. It has 4 floors and is divided up into various types of items, such as pottery, metal works, jade, etc. I am always amazed at the long historical window many of these Asian countries have, looking back thousands of years, when compared to the relatively short history of the US. Out front they had various cow statues painted by local artists, much like the various Peanuts statues that they ahd around St. Paul a few years back.
We did not have enough time to look thoroughly through the museum as it closed just 1 hour and 45 minutes after we arrived. We did, however have a chance to pick up a couple of geocaches on the grounds, and was able to introduce Lin a new activity.
From there we drove up to the area of Danshui, which is at the mouth of the Danshui River that empties into the Straits of Taiwan. There is a boardwalk area along the river with various arcades, shops and eateries along the river walk. We walked from the train station to the northern end of the boardwalk and then had dinner. All the indoor seating had already been reserved, so sat outside for dinner. It was a little cool and breezy, but they had the overhead propane heaters running to help make it comfortable. We then walked back to the car and headed back to the city.
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On Thursday, I took a subway to get to the downtown area. It was 6 stops away and only cost about 70 cents. I wandered around the area of Taipei 101, a 101 story building, and then ate dinner. The downtown area is bustling with people all evening, both working and shopping. There is small park right across the street from Taipei 101 and there was a group of people doing exercise, but other than that the park was empty..jpg)
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After work on Friday, I went with my co-worker Lin went up the National Palace Museum, just north of Taipei City. This is a museum that houses treasures from the last 4,000 years from both mainland China and Taiwan. It has 4 floors and is divided up into various types of items, such as pottery, metal works, jade, etc. I am always amazed at the long historical window many of these Asian countries have, looking back thousands of years, when compared to the relatively short history of the US. Out front they had various cow statues painted by local artists, much like the various Peanuts statues that they ahd around St. Paul a few years back.We did not have enough time to look thoroughly through the museum as it closed just 1 hour and 45 minutes after we arrived. We did, however have a chance to pick up a couple of geocaches on the grounds, and was able to introduce Lin a new activity.
From there we drove up to the area of Danshui, which is at the mouth of the Danshui River that empties into the Straits of Taiwan. There is a boardwalk area along the river with various arcades, shops and eateries along the river walk. We walked from the train station to the northern end of the boardwalk and then had dinner. All the indoor seating had already been reserved, so sat outside for dinner. It was a little cool and breezy, but they had the overhead propane heaters running to help make it comfortable. We then walked back to the car and headed back to the city.
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