We arrived in Taipei last Friday night after a very bizarre and dodgy flight with China Airlines. Only 3 of us 6 travelled in the scheduled flight and the rest 3 took the next one. That was because according to China Airlines the flght was overbooked!After our arrival we went to leave our stuff at the Taipei Hostel where we stayed in a dorm of 10 (that means us 6 plus 4 strangers--->this is definitely a progress for me)!
First night in Taipei and we could do nothing else but go out and explore the nightlife there. Carnegies and Roxy Vibe were the places that we got trashed! Dancing and drinking all night long. We got back to the hostel around 7:30 in the morning.....
Saturday, and our day begun at around 13:00. Saturday was dedicated to sightseeing;First stop: the Presidential Office Building. The Presidential Office has been the seat of Taiwan's executive branch of government since 1950. The current President is Mr. Chen-Shui Bian from the DPP Party but in March 2008 Mr. Ma Ying-jeou from the KMT Party got elected. The latter will assume office on May 20, 2008.
After that we visited the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Chiang Kai-shek was the first President of the ROC and Sun Yat-sen one of the founding fathers of the ROC.
Our last stop was at the National Palace Museum where we were supposed to meet Murriel (a friend from HK) but unfortunately we didn't...
Saturday evening and for dinner we chose to go to a bizarre restaurant called Modern Toilet! We ate out of toilets and we drunk from a piss pot! Here are some pics...
Second night out and i promised myself not to drink! Thats what i did...i had only 2 vodkas! On Saturday night we went to a posh club called "babe 18" and surprisingly there i had the opportunity to listen to some greek music since the DJ played the greek song for the Eurovision 2008 (if u want to listen to what remix we listened to pls follow the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg9tm1kwWIs&feature=related )!!! Great night...
Second night out and i promised myself not to drink! Thats what i did...i had only 2 vodkas! On Saturday night we went to a posh club called "babe 18" and surprisingly there i had the opportunity to listen to some greek music since the DJ played the greek song for the Eurovision 2008 (if u want to listen to what remix we listened to pls follow the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg9tm1kwWIs&feature=related )!!! Great night...On Sunday we went to the Fisherman's Wharf where we relaxed and enjoyed every single moment of the so called "je m'en fous" mood!
After a long walk around Taipei we found ourselves at the World's Tallest Skyscraper: "Taipei 101". Taipei 101 claims the official records for: Ground to highest architectural structure (509.2 m) and Fastest ascending elevator speed (16.83 m/s)! We enjoyed the view and we sent some postcards back home to our mothers because on Sunday was the Mother's Day!
Some Sushi for dinner and we all got back to the hostel in order to catch up on some lost sleep! On Monday we packed our and took our flight back to HK at around 14:30!
Overall, i had an amazing weekend in Taipei!
Greeko!
