Taipei, Taiwan
In January 2010, Ken Young and I went to work in Taiwan for a week. Taiwan is actually the name of the largest island in the Republic of China (ROC). We flew direct from DFW to Narita International Airport in Tokyo and then flew to Taipei. It took 17 hours of flying time to get to Taipei, a little less coming back. We stayed in Taipei, at north end of Taiwan, for 1 week and then flew back to Dallas. We had some time for sightseeing and I also took pictures as we walked and drove around Taipei and another city
where CSIST is located. Taipei is a very modern, clean, city and it seemed to be a very safe place to visit as long you don’t get run over by one of the millions of motorcycles.
Click on any photo to see a larger view
On the left is the Year of the Chicken Bridge. Look closely at the chickens hanging on the right, heads are still on them! I saw a place that had a big pan of chicken feet in their window. Not much meat on a chicken foot!
Ken and I at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial in Taipei. I was posing at dinner by the chicken soup place. Far left is a temple we visited in
Most people in Taipei live in 10-12 story buildings with shops on the bottom floor. There are 4 million people here with another 3 million coming into town every day. Scooters are very popular and found everywhere
The Taipei 101 tower was the tallest building in the world until 2009. It is 101 stories high; we went up to 90th story. See how dense Taipei is. They have 10,000 people per square kilometer
On most days I was visiting in Taipei and Longtan area, I probably saw 1 or 2 people out of 25,000 people who were not oriental.
Food stall outside the city and also a Betel Net Girl in a small booth with green neon lights (see more on next page). Parking lot with only scooters – you can fit a lot into a small area.
Saikal Ltd offices across from the ROC Air Force HQ. Good spot. President Karl Yen is on the left, Jeffrey is on the right. See all the people going on the escalator to the subway, they are crowded at rush hour.
Our tour guide Ruth talking to Ken. I met some girls on the elevator dressed up for a show. Me at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial – very big place
We took a half day tour of the north coast of Taiwan and later a half day tour of Taipei. Taiwan is very beautiful is covered all over with thick, green forests. They get a lot of rain and grow giant fruits and vegetables.