A few of my favorite Taiwanese things...

I have fallen really behind on this whole blogging thing.  So, let me sum up:  The same week we went to the Martyr's Shrine (which I believe was my last post), we toured all around Taipei and down to beautiful Hualien, which was quite a site to see!  A picture is worth a thousand words, so hopefully these guys will help me make up for the blogging time I've lost!  Cheers!


A few of my favorite things;

 Fuzzy green walls 

Hostels with cheetah-pint EVERYTHING

No, really. Everything was cheetah.

Going out to eat and having the thoughtful Taiwanese waiter ask us where we 

were from and then bring us these bad boys! 

Extremely rainy days at Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial hall in our 7-11 ponchos.

JANE! (of course!)

More cheetah...

Taipei 101 (second tallest building in the world, after Dubai)

 The stunning Taroko Gorge!  Taroko is composed of mainly marble, 

which adds the loveliest backdrop for its many shrines and rivers.

 

Sporting some blue hard-hats here. 

 

This is a super famous Buddhist shrine, as manifested 

by the Buddha set on an outcropping.

 During these pictures, I was right in the process of finding out that I 

inherited by dads fear of heights.  I wouldn't be 

surprised if that railing still has dents in it! 

This was the only time I relinquished my hold on that railing. 

I got pretty dizzy at this point, but it was well

 worth the hike to the top!

This is another famous shrine, the Shrine of Eternal Springs. 

 Google it, it's absolutely gorgeous!

And to top off the trip, I found Tony Stark. 

 Iron Man has wonderful taste in locations. :)

One crowded train ride, and we finally made it home to Tainan! 

And those are just a few of my favorite things.  Taipei was wonderful, and Hualien was beautiful, but I can honestly say I was antsy to get back to Tainan the entire time.  I think I had found that my absolute favorite things were in Tainan, but I'll save that for a later post. ;)