Staying local today. We took the subway to the Chaing-Kai Shek Memorial. Photos aren’t great as they are in the process of re-roofing and there is scaffolding up everywhere. We then walked to Longshan Temple. On the way we passed what Alex has named “tweety alley.” It was a stretch of road were every store was a pet store selling birds. Parrots to chickens to finchs. If it flys there have it. Every so often mixed into the birds would be a pot bellied pig or a ferret. The sound was deafening!
Longshan Temple was beautiful, and very busy. The temple is buddist and Taoist. QuanYin (goddess of compassion) and Matzu (sea goddess who protects Taiwan) are the main deities. So much activity, incense, candles, people giving offerings of flowers and food.
Later in the evening we went to Tapiei 101, the tallest building in the world. The first 4 floors are a high end mall and food court, where we stopped for some Shabu-Shabu. We went up to the observatory on the 89th floor. Elevator took 45 seconds and you didn’t even fell like you were moving. Apparently there is a balloon type mechanism around the elevator that inflates as you go up to counter the air pressure so your ears don’t pop. On the 88th floor is a massive damper ball which keeps the building balanced during earthquakes and typhoons. It’s weight is equal to 3 747’s.
Longshan Temple was beautiful, and very busy. The temple is buddist and Taoist. QuanYin (goddess of compassion) and Matzu (sea goddess who protects Taiwan) are the main deities. So much activity, incense, candles, people giving offerings of flowers and food.
Later in the evening we went to Tapiei 101, the tallest building in the world. The first 4 floors are a high end mall and food court, where we stopped for some Shabu-Shabu. We went up to the observatory on the 89th floor. Elevator took 45 seconds and you didn’t even fell like you were moving. Apparently there is a balloon type mechanism around the elevator that inflates as you go up to counter the air pressure so your ears don’t pop. On the 88th floor is a massive damper ball which keeps the building balanced during earthquakes and typhoons. It’s weight is equal to 3 747’s.
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