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Travel Around the World with Alvin

04/30/2015: Taipei – Taipei 101, Elephant Mountain, Sun Yat-sen Memorial, Shilin Market

04/30/2015

Since we stayed around the night market area, we decided to get food around before heading to the attractions for the day.

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Sesame cold noodle: 5 Star Delicious

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Mengjia Longshan Temple: Right next to where we were staying. Traditional Chinese Tao Style Temple.

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Interior design of the temple

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Guang Hua Digital Plaza 新光華商場

Elbert wanted to get a Xiaomei in Taiwan, so we went to the popular electronics district to look for the phone.

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Heading to Taipei 101

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Taipei 101

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Lunch at Taipei 101 underground food plaza

Traditional Taiwanese Cruise (Oyster Pancake is the best)

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There is a special sauce on top of the oyster pancake. It is a little sweet. I can’t describe it well with words, but it enhances the taste of the pancake.

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The National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 國立國父紀念館

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Didn’t even know Sun Yat-sen was once on our US postage stamps.

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Game of Thrones

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Elephant Mountain

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It’s a short hike. just 30 minutes to the top

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We decided to go for the sunset, so we went up there around 5:30.

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Great night view of Taipei city

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Shilin Night Market for dinner

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