Day 8 - Taipei

By today, we have already made one round trip around Taiwan island. Time to head back to our starting point which was Taipei City. Took the train from Hualien and after a lengthy ride, we checked into our hostel and headed out again to visit Taipei's Liberty Square. Here you will find also the National Theater & Concert Hall, as well as the famous National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, erected in memory of the previous president of the Republic of China.

Red, Green & Blue

DMC-LX3, 1/1600s shutter at f/2.0, ISO-80

Inside Taipei's MRT...

EOS 40D, 1/50s shutter at f/2.8, ISO-640

Symbol of freedom...."Liberty Square"

EOS 40D, 1/640s shutter at f/4.0, ISO-400

Taipei National Theater

EOS 40D, 1/250s shutter at f/3.5, ISO-400

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial

EOS 40D, 1/500s shutter at f/5.0, ISO-400

Ximenting was our next destination where we visited the colorful streets and settled our dinner. Ximenting is definitely one of the most happening places around Taipei...

To sum up our day at Taipei, we visited Taipei 101 which is currently (as of time of writing, Burj of Dubai is still under construction :-p) the tallest building in the world.

Ximenting

EOS 40D, 1/100s shutter at f/3.5, ISO-400

Zombies...

EOS 40D, 1/50s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-800

Taking a walk...

EOS 40D, 1/3s shutter at f/4.0, ISO-800

Cool

EOS 40D, 1/15s shutter at f/3.5, ISO-1600

Hot

EOS 40D, 1/4s shutter at f/3.5, ISO-400



For the full album, please visit:
http://khpc82.multiply.com/photos/album/125/Taiwan_Day_8_-_Taipei


Links to the rest of my Taiwan photos:
Day 1 - Taipei

Day 2 - Cing Jing

Day 3 - Cing Jing & Alishan

Day 4 - Alishan & KaoHsiung

Day 5 - KaoHsiung & KenTing

Day 6 - KenTing & Hualien

Day 7 - Taroko & Hualien

Day 9 - Yehliu