I had to get some lunch (breakfast? dinner?) in the airport and I decided to try some local cuisine and this is how that turned out:
I altogether avoided the floating testicles and the egg, but the rest really wasn't half bad!
After visiting the Information booth, I found out that the government sponsors a free city tour from the airport and back (apparently I'm not the only one with an ENTIRE DAY layover) and it hits some interesting spots. Our itinerary was this:
1)The Longshan Temple- This is the oldest and most famous temple in Taiwan. It was really neat to see everyone praying and burning incense and offering gifts to the gods.
2) Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall- Chaing Kai-Shek is a very well-respected late president. Our tour guide said that if wasn't for him, they'd all be Japanese and probably communists. This was a really pretty building. In the first picture below is the outside of the building and the man there was our tour guide; in the second picture is a model of Kai-Shek's office. All of the furniture was authentic.....Kia-Shek was not.
Giggling Guard:
4) Building 101- The tallest building in the world. It's mostly private office buildings and shopping/restaurants on floors 1-5.
After my tour was finished and I was back at the airport, I still had 3 hours to kill. I bought a few souvenirs and took advantage of the free wireless internet, then boarded my plane for SYDNEY!!!!!
3) Martyr's Shrine- A shrine to the fallen heroes of China's wars. I'll be honest, I didn't pay much attention here. There were guards standing outside-you know, the kind that can't talk or move-and one of the girls in our group was dancing around in front of them and both of them started cracking up! It was hilarious. Their supervisor had to come and cover their faces up with his hands.
Giggling Guard:
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