Rigel & Iain Scratch The World: Made in Taiwan

Taiwan (24/06/13)

As soon as we saw our airline had Hello Kitty planes, we knew we were in for a culture shock here! Through bleary eyes after a very long flight our first thoughts were that Taipei is incredibly hot, humid, clean and totally different from anywhere else I have been. The people are so polite that some seem shy to speak to you and very few people speak English here. Our first experineces of ordering food was walking in one of the many underground (airconditioned!) malls and pointing at what other people where eating, but we soon learnt that the night markets are definitly the place to eat here. Talking of eating, that was out main passtime in Taiwan! They eat some food that is a bit scary for what we are used to but I can honestly say that we ate some of the best food here that I've ever had.

In the day the streets are full of 1000's of scooters and at night they are replaced with people!

Taipei fue una experiencia de olores, sabores y gente. Es una ciudad muy limpia, la gente es muy amable y servicial, los mercados nocturnos llenos de comida, las motocicletas que hacen difícil el andar, templos en donde aunque no compartas su religión sientes que eres bienvenido y te unes a la paz de los presentes.

Longshan Temple

En los alrededores del templo Longshan

Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building

All you need is love!

Changing of the guards at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

"Big Pow", at night you can plug your ipod/phone into him and it played the music!

La comida mas barata la encuentras en los mercados nocturnos, y si, los mercados tienen que ser por la tarde/noche porque a 40 grados centígrados no quieres pasar mucho tiempo bajo el sol. El espacio personal es reducido o mejor dicho es inexistente, pero es interesante encontrar comida que nunca antes habíamos visto, olores que no son muy agradables pero al mismo tiempo olores que son los mejores que hemos percibido.

NingXia night market

7 Eleven beer, classy!

No tuvimos la oportunidad de comer en este fino restaurante llamado Modern Toilet, tu comida viene dentro de un mini WC. A toilet themed restaurant. Eating a sausage out of a mini toilet bowl sounds like an experience, but one we gave this a miss!

The red house

Ximen

Nice snack

The Presidential office building

Después de nuestra visita en edificio presidencial, el guía nos llevó a un restaurante que nunca olvidaremos, probamos una de las mejores comidas en Taiwan, steamed dumplings.

The best dumplings....ever!

A little temple near Ximen

National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall

Stinky tofu, una comida intreresante en Tamsui con Yu Lun nuestro primer CS host en Asia, muy amable y buena persona. Our first night staying with our friendly couchsurfing host took us for some very different food, Stinky tofu with duck blood!