July 22, 2014 have driven to Vancouver Island with Albert to visit some if the relatives that he has not seen for number of years. We spent the rest of the week visiting and on the 26th. caught the late afternoon ferry to Vancouver and at 0200 hrs. flew from Vancouver to Taipei. A 17 hour stop over afforded us to go on a 1/2 day free tour of the city. We are now waiting in the airport for our flight to Brisbane.
The temperature was 87F and the humidity was high so it made for a quite warm day. Taipei is the Amsterdam of Asia, planes arrive and take off every few minutes, but most people are just transferring from one carrier to another and do not spend that much time here. This is the reason that there is a 1/2 day tour to see if more people will spend more time here.
The temperature was 87F and the humidity was high so it made for a quite warm day. Taipei is the Amsterdam of Asia, planes arrive and take off every few minutes, but most people are just transferring from one carrier to another and do not spend that much time here. This is the reason that there is a 1/2 day tour to see if more people will spend more time here.
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| Taoist temple |
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| Gate to go to the Taoist temple |
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| All of the embellishment's on the roof are made of glass |
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| Beautifully carved Dragon |
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| Relief carvings in temple are donated |
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| incense burner all carving are hand done |
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| Male dragons on wall of bridge on way to the temple |
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| There are a lot of scooters used because of the cost of gasoline - $5.00 + USD |
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| in entrance to pottery museum |
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| Pottery tile |
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| Painted vase |
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| Palm lined stree in shopping area. |
