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This was from the night markets in downtown Taipei on our one and only night there. I have been trying to use up the scariest things in my stash, hence the bright orange cardstock, toned down with black ink. LO inspired by Ali E.<br> Journalling is tucked under the top right photo and reads: It was exciting to be in Taipei, and we knew we didn’t want to spend our only night here sitting in a hotel, no matter how nice. There were quite a few Aussies on a layover to New York, so we all got together and organised to hire the hotel’s shuttle bus for a few hours. They drove us into Taipei (about 40 minutes from where we were staying), and arranged to pick us three hours later.We were fortunate to have in our group a young guy who had spent a great deal of time in Taipei so he became our unofficial tour guide. The bus dropped us off near the western influenced district, where there was a Warner Bros. and other icons familiar to the western world. We wandered around and found a little food court that served all sorts of foods, including one that listed an English translation under each of its foods: chicken was misspelled as “chincken”. <br>We walked past Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world. At the time we were not sure it was indeed this building, but our return trip in August confirmed it for us. We dubbed it the noodle box building, as it looks like a series of noodle boxes stacked one on top of the other. The number of floors in each “box” is considered lucky in Taiwanese culture, as are the round keys visible near the bottom of the building. <br>We then walked around to the night markets. This is a slice of traditional Taipei as well as being a tourist attraction. At 11pm it was still around 28 degrees. Most of the stalls were still open, and there was an array of shoes, clothes, jewellery and foods available to buy. Neither Lisa nor I could resist the opportunity to buy something Made in Taiwan while actually in Taiwan, so we both came home with purses – Lisa with Jack from A Nightmare Before Christmas, and me with Emily the Strange. <br>Taipei is an interesting mix of traditional and western. Little buildings like the one pictured at left are tucked in between more modern structures. The streets are lined with tiny stores. Nearly everyone here rides scooters and there are special boxes at the front of the traffic lights for them to stop in. Parking usually results in lines of bikes outside stores and tucked down narrow streets. How anyone can find their own bike at the end of the night amazes me. Taipei is one city I would like to see more of. <br> TFL!
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