I’m in love. This is usually the feeling I get when I come back from a vacation, but this is love on a “whole ‘nother” level. I visited Taipei, Taiwan and got myself into (and out of) some less than predictable situations. I enjoyed the hot weather, (aside from the cut the air level of humidity, uggh) did some shopping at the night markets, ate Thai chicken from a toilet bowl and icecream from a urinal, (Ha!) enjoyed the outdoor hot springs, awed the palm trees (home?!), saw the most beautiful (and tall) Asian men I’ve seen in a minute… well, since Japan, visited the 2nd tallest building in the world (Taipei 101) and admired the all too cool pace of the city- all while sipping on some infamous bubble tea.
Modern Toilet Restaurant. We were fed in toilet bowl and urinal shaped dishes, as we sat on (Pretty) toilet seats!
Dudes were NOT happy to see my camera. Oh well!
What a FABULOUS Leopard toilet seat!
so… you just had to disrespect the chicken like that?!
Brown people!! 🙂
Hot Springs!
Taipei 101 @ night… BEAUTIFUL!
Street fruit!
<— No Child Labor law in effect?!
Strange as it sounds, Taiwan felt like home. (The States, that is.) I fell in love with the chill vibe of the city, where I saw more scooters and mopeds than cars, more straw hats and tank tops than stilettos and baseball caps (Korea), B boys break dancing in the subway station, (yes, boom boxes and all) and… did I mention the shopping?! The locals weren’t gawking at me because I’m a “foreigner”, and about 90% of the people I came into contact with spoke English. What a change of pace! Needless to say, Taiwan gets 2 thumbs up, esp. since I did NO research prior to heading there, so my expectations were pretty low. I was pleasantly surprised, and I’m glad I didn’t pass up the opportunity to go- I know I’ll def. be arranging another trip soon. 🙂
A note I wrote on a napkin, on the subway, on the way back from dinner after spending over an hour looking for a dinner restaurant lol.: Taiwan, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to stay longer, I promise I’ll be back soon. I just have one question for you: Why are there more hair shops than sit down restaurants in the city? Whomp.
–>Since my 4 day weekend was in honor of Buddah’s Birthday, here are a few pictures I managed to take a few months back in the cultural city of Gyeonju.
Happy Birthday Buddah!
–Sooo removing my blog from FB deleted my subscribers. Whomp!!