Taiwan Day 7: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial, Longshan temple, Shulin
The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial is immense and grand, I guess that's the point. I left Taiwan when I was 4 and it's one of the few childhood memories I have. *Chiang Kai-Shek is basically the George Washington of Taiwan.A flock of pigeons rose up and startled us.Incredible dress and location.Coffers in the ceilingChanging of the guards takes place every hour.The crowd mid-day Monday.The MRT: so organized, clean and efficient. 58 cents a ride.TAIWANESE FASHIONLunch with my aunt at Caesar Metro Hotel where I had the best fatty pork belly of life.Longshan temple entranceInside Longshan templeTaiwan in one picture. Scooters, scooters, everywhere.Children are an increasingly rare sight. Taiwan has one of the world's lowest birth rates.Taiwanese makeup, which comes in only three shades! The standard of beauty is light, lighter and lightest skin.Bars on all the windows is the prevailing aesthetic.Kids after school.All the topping options for tofu pudding!! $1.28 a bowl.My uncle stuffed us silly with the BEST street food outside his house in Shulin.
