Four days of winter in Taipei
Who doesn't love winters? specially one where lowest temperature are in teens. Taipei seemed to fit the mould perfectly with a bit of twist. It rains in Taipei in winters and it was an unknown for us till a night before travel. But then that is what travel is about, diving into uncharted territory with bag full of clothes. Touchdown Taipei and its a refreshing new feeling. Pleasantly cold with mist in the air, driver on the left hand side, and phone as good as brick we headed to hotel in Ximending, a street popular with youths. The plan was to head to Taipei 101 and get a birds eye view of city. But a hungry mind cannot think so food first and we were in the centre of Ximending night market. Mee Sua, Sa long paw, ... and I dare say, beef cubes. To cap it off, as they say when in Rome be a roman but when in Taipei, drink bubble tea (i made it up, haha). Wet and Shiny Taipei 101 is structural engineer's dream. A 500 meter high building constructed in seismically acti...