Last night we walked over to the Guangzhou St. Night Market. This night market was full of stalls selling different varieties of food. As the 12 hour time shift started to take its toll, we had a hard time deciding what to eat and I am sure that we passed up some amazing dishes. We did have some dumplings and some meat on a stick, an ice cream "burrito" with taro, peanut, and pineapple ice cream with peanuts and cilantro, and a variety of filled cakes.
We soon went back to the hotel and fell right asleep. When we woke up we went off in search of breakfast. It is really hard to order off a menu when you can't speak the language, the cook can't speak English, and the Chinese characters are meaningless to you. Google translate helps a bit but the best way is to point to something you see and not worry too much if it's beef, pork, or chicken.
One of the many interesting things about Taipei is it is a very clean city. There is hardly any litter on the ground. No wrappers, bottles, straws, nothing. There also doesn't seem to be any public trash cans. I guess everyone takes their trash home. When we saw a municipal trash truck I couldn't tell where they were picking the garbage up from and the truck was playing a melody, kind of like the ice cream man in the US. Speaking of sounds, Taipei is a very quiet city. Cars aren't playing loud music, nobody honks their horn, even the countless motorbikes are quiet. When we were walking near a park their was a religious ceremony going on (I think it was religious) and the music, from a reed instrument and a drum, was the loudest things I've heard since we've been here.
We took a cab to the flower market and jade market and wandered the hundreds of stalls. We then went for lunch at a tiny hole in the wall (English menu... passed on the pig intestine) and then some ice cream before a quick trip to watch the changing of the guard at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial. The memorial is a gigantic structure dedicated to the life of the county's founder. It also includes some exhibit spaces - currently dedicated to 40 years of Garfield.
One of the many interesting things about Taipei is it is a very clean city. There is hardly any litter on the ground. No wrappers, bottles, straws, nothing. There also doesn't seem to be any public trash cans. I guess everyone takes their trash home. When we saw a municipal trash truck I couldn't tell where they were picking the garbage up from and the truck was playing a melody, kind of like the ice cream man in the US. Speaking of sounds, Taipei is a very quiet city. Cars aren't playing loud music, nobody honks their horn, even the countless motorbikes are quiet. When we were walking near a park their was a religious ceremony going on (I think it was religious) and the music, from a reed instrument and a drum, was the loudest things I've heard since we've been here.
We took a cab to the flower market and jade market and wandered the hundreds of stalls. We then went for lunch at a tiny hole in the wall (English menu... passed on the pig intestine) and then some ice cream before a quick trip to watch the changing of the guard at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial. The memorial is a gigantic structure dedicated to the life of the county's founder. It also includes some exhibit spaces - currently dedicated to 40 years of Garfield.
We ended the day at the Nanjichang Night Market with some lamb, pork, chicken and beef dishes and pan-fried pork buns.
I forgot to mention - It is still HOT!
Thanks for reading!!
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