Destination | Taipei (Part 1)

November 25, 2015

It has been a couple years since my last trip to Taipei. The last trip was only for 3 days, I think, and it was not a great one. And even though this trip was purely to get some papers done, I had this list of places to go to and things to do, taking advantage of the fact I was travelling alone (without kids) for the first time in a long time. I even had a plan to do a post about the stationery stores on the list. Sigh! It was not meant to be… Nevertheless, I want to share some photos from the trip which is in 2 segments as there’s just too many photos to share. Somehow I feel like I was looking at Taipei in a totally different light from when I used to live there over 15 years ago.

DAY 1

**Side street full of little shops and places to eat.**

**The big Keelung Miao Kou Night Market is bustling as ever. I left there so STUFFED!**

DAY 2

Second day was pretty much getting most of the things I needed to get done ticked off the list. Managed to be quite productive before heading out to Tianmu, in the suburbs of downtown Taipei.

Taipei Grand Hotel — **Grand Hotel still looks majestic (as seen from the light rail transit).**

DAY 3

Early evening, met up with a former colleague and we popped in to this cool shop selling lots of different paper and I was literally in heaven! I think I literally touched or ran my fingers through all the different paper on sale.

**Taipei Pin Mo – shop in the basement while studio is on the ground floor.**

I couldn’t choose what I wanted to get!

And then we walked on down through the lanes and alleys towards Yongkang Road which is now bustling with tourists because of it’s proximity to the original Din Tai Fung.