Taipei 101 - A 'Classic' Skyscraper

 

final pic taken from 89th floor observatory

official mascot of Taipei 101 - this cartoon mascot thing is very popular everywhere in East Asia

no luck understanding the english translation to the right for me...

world's largest 'tuned mass damper' - a big ball that swings like a pendulum to reduce wind and seismic energy hitting/disturbing the building.

overall, probably the best skyscraper observatory experience I can remember.

one of my first days here. stumbling around and saw it by accident :)

Taipei - Overall

As you might have guessed, these are all my pics from Taipei that is not food or about the skyscraper.

Japanese 'dollar superstore' i used to like. overly crowded and nothing special at this one.

Most famous and active temple in Taiwan. Longshan - probably means dragon mountain but I didn't look it up.

by accident? i doubt that. #deathtoamerica

turtle family at the balcony of my hostel

this picture and below are from xiangshan - elephant mountain. fun short hike close to Taipei 101 and my hostel

beautiful butterfly

beautiful butterfly

classical fusion (east and west) concert :)

invited by my Hindu friend in the white, on the left side.

Ximen - west gate - the times square of taipei it seems

Taipei 101 mall, 4th/5th floor.

a lot of MRT stations have these metal sculpture things.

morning turtle fam

hard to remember the name of this most hugest mountain in Taipei. but, its far north, so i was able to see the cherry blossoms before totally gone this year.

thousand handed Guanyin in the distance

wondering how the stone ball got in the mouth

sakuraaaaaaaa!

not many here. and i'm the only white person. as usual...

love these little east asian coupes

this Wang knows ALLabout fertility. the logo on the left kinda looks like the arms up 'idk' emoji too lol

that turtle on the outside seemed stuck, i was about to help him, but he was able to BLOOP back into the water

these two little wiener dogs reminded me of two other wiener dogs in Texas :)