Full Saturday in Kaohsiung

Taiwanese breakfast

Fo Guang Shan Buddha museum

#1 rated in Kaohsiung; Ruifeng night market

Dragon and Tiger Pagodas

At Fo Guang Shan temple and museum 

We prayed a lot here, drank holy water,  and learned about Buddhism. 

Practicing Chinese calligraphy

Stan and Tey

Jenny and Alex

Christine trying to blend in

Jenny said Nihao

Amazing temple

Both Dragon and Tiger Pagodas are currently being renovated.  Once complete,  you can enter through the mouth and tour the towers.

Biggest Buddha statue in Southeast Asia

Stan hard at work in Chinese calligraphy

 

Heading to Kaohsiung from Taipei

Our hotel

View from our hotel room

Liuhe night market

Alex enjoying Taiwanese beer... a few of them

Dome of Light at the Formosa train station

 

Thursday in Taipei

Yummy lunch

Lunch with our Taiwan cousin, Tzu-Yu. 

Elephant mountain hike and Taipei 101

Elephant mountain

I found wealth in Taipei!

Coal mine

Much needed lunch after our super long 2.5 hours challenging hike!

From Taipei 101 with the fastest elevator in the world. 89 floors in ~37 seconds

Wings to fly high

Tuned Mass Dampening ball to keep Taipei 101 tower from rocking back and forth during severe weather and earthquakes

 

Chiang Kai-Shek memorial hall, Maokong Gondola, and Ximending district