Visiting Taipei

Yesterday we visited Taipei City. It was a great trip. We started off that the Martyr's Shrine and watched the changing of the guards there. The shrine is in memorial to all the soldiers who have lost their lives fighting for Taiwan. Every hour the guards at the front gates and at the shrine go through a ceremonial changing of the guards. They have done this for so many years that that metal piece on the bottom of their boots has discolored the stone on the ground. You can look down and see the exact path every soldier takes on the hour through the shrine and it's perfectly straight. These are guards are much like the guards at Buckingham palace. They must look straight ahead and give no reaction to the tourists taking their picture. There were a lot of Japanese tourists at this shrine. You'll see below some pictures of the shrine and the changing of the guards.


We visited Taiwan Storyland and Taipei 101 while we were there. Below are some pictures from our trip. Including pictures of Taipei 101 in the day and at night all lit up. It's the tallest building in Taiwan.