Flip Flop Hostel is just opposite of Q Square, where it has underground route to Taipei Main Station, which requires about 10mins walk to reach there. First stop - Ximending. Once we reached Ximending Station, we bought Easy Card from one of the ATM-like machine for easier payment when using public transport. It is something like our Touch n Go card.
Once we got out of Ximending Station, the Red House Theatre of Ximending is just a stone throw away, literally. Since my name is Simon and Ximen is my name in Mandarin, does it mean I am the owner of the theatre? Hahaha...
We didn't walk much in Ximending during daytime because we decided to come back at night for its night streets. Thus, we moved on to the next station which is Longshan Temple to pray for God's protection.
A typical old Taiwan street next to Longshan Temple.
Next station - 中正纪念堂. A little far from the MRT station, but it is worth it if you like history.
It's lunch time, so we figured to head to Taipei 101 to grab a quick (and late) lunch and take some exterior shots of the magnificent skyscraper. Below is the first sight of Taipei 101 once we emerged from the MRT station.
Hahaha! Taiwan's McDonalds - Checked! Sesame flavoured McChicken-like burger!
We walked around the mall, explored Level 5 of the mall, which is the floor to the indoor observatory at Level 89. It costed NTD500 to go up via the world's fastest elevator. The outdoor observatory is at Level 91, but it was closed due to typhoon to play safe eventhough it has deviated from Taiwan a day ago.
Walk a floor down to Level 88, and you'll get up close and personal with the golden damper. I was so excited to see it because I used it as one of my college's assignment topic. I am always fascinated about anti-earthquake devices or equipment installed in a building. I didn't get to see it swing in person, but I believe it's good news haha!
The lift is fast... like super fast! It can achieve a maximum speed of 600m/min going up or down. Making the total time needed to travel from the bottom to the top in just 40 seconds! Going down at that speed induced a little butterfly in my stomach... Partly due to I am a person who is sensitive to G-Force.
Once we arrived at ground floor, it was the perfect time to take some night shots of the Taipei 101.
It was my friend's dream to see Taiwanese 'mei mei' in a book store, thus we went to Eslite. The store is quite big, and there was a level of food downstairs in case you are hungry in the middle of 'indulging' a book.
The food here I can say is not bad! My fruits 西米露 is very refreshing after a long day...
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