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2016 Jan by Michael Novins |
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January 2016 -- I visited Taipei, including Taipei 101 (now the world's eighth tallest building, but the tallest from 2004 until 2009), the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the National Palace Museum. For dinner, I waited in line for the overrated xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) at the main branch of Din Tai Fung, where they have been served since 1972 (http://www.dintaifung.com.tw/en/). I also revisited the Shilin Night Market, but since my prior visit two decades ago, nearly all of the street stalls have been consolidated in the basement of what appears to be a large arcade, thereby erasing the essential character of the night market. September 1995 -- I stopped in Taipei while returning to New York from a business trip to Hong Kong. During my short stay, I visited the National Palace Museum, one of the world's best art museums; the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall; the Shilin Night Market; and Huaxi Street Tourist Night Market (or Snake Alley), where several large snakes were eviscerated, with drinks made with their blood and bile. | |
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2013 Nov by Franklin Murillo |
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I received an invitation from the Taiwan Tourist Board for a fam trip to Taipei. We flew on EVA air from LAX to TPE airport. We spent the night at Monarch Skyline hotel, and then Lealea Garden hotel at Sun Moon Lake. We rode on the Sun Moon Lake cable car then visited The Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village. We road bicycles during the Taiwan Cycling Festival and went on a boat ride on the lake. The next day we spent the night at Splendor Hotel Taichung and visited Chung Tai Chan Monastery, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, and Chun Shui Tang Cultural Tea House. The next day we stayed at the Howard hotel and went up to the observatory of Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world. On a rainy day we visited the Gold Museum and the last night in Taipei was spent at the Regent Hotel. We rode up on the Maokong Gondola and had spectacular views of the city and the Taipei 101 building. The local cuisine at the many restaurants we visited were great. Taiwan is a very safe island to visit and for its large size they keep it very clean. We departed on EVA air back to Los Angeles. | |
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2010 Apr by Veikko Huhtala* |
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1986 I was travelling in Asia alone. I flew from Manila to Taipei and was going to Seoul. At that time I did not go outside airport at all. 2006 Oili and I were travelling in Japan and China. After visited to Daito Islands we had China Airlines flight from Okinawa to Taipei. At that time we stayed one night there, but in the morning we continued our journey to Hong Kong. Taipei is located in the northern part of the island and there are living less than three millions people. But it is nice city to stay with friendly people. It was Christmas Eve when we returned from our China journey, but we continued to Okinawa and spent our Christmas Night over there. 2010 we went second time to Pitcairn Islands and we had China Airlines flight via Taipei to Sydney. When we returned to Taipei, we had to wait 15 hours our connection flight. But it was OK, China Airlines gave us free stay in five star hotel with dinner and breakfast. The dinner was so excellent that I never seen before in my life. | |
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2009 Feb by Soon Lee |
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I just came across this site in February 09. I am not sure my ranking is correct, at 2143, which I think is pretty high. I am sure a lot of seaman, travels a lot more than me, but not recorded. Anyway, I live and work in Abu Dhabi, UAE. | |
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2007 Jun by B. Braunstein |
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Presented a paper at the Conference: # International Society of Biomechanics 2007 > Footwear Biomechanics Teipei / Taiwan | |
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2003 Nov by Gunnar Dahlberg |
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How about some real Chinese food you\'ll find on the menu in Taiwan that will have your meat and potato friends scrambling for the fortune cookies. Let\'s start out with piping hot piggy guts soup. Tubular in shape and naturally buoyant, these little intestines prove easy handling for all levels of chopstick enthusiasts. Then there\'s fish served with the head still intact, go ahead poke it\'s eyes out, they\'re considered a delicacy. Next is a serving of stinky tofu, a Taipei specialty that will have you asking if the streets are lined with open sewers? Still hungry? Why not head down to snake alley for a slippery snack. Stay tuned for more heads and tales of Chinese cuisine. | |
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1982 Sep by Jorge Sanchez |
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Sun Moon Lake I went to this charming lake with friends from Taichung to Shui-li, and further to the lake, at about 50 kilometres distance. | |
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