Taiwan Trip - 1

Taiwan is an island country which is surrounded by South China Sea from the south-west, East China Sea from the north, Atlantic Ocean from the east. Although China and many other countries don't accept its independence, Taiwanese people still think they are independent and they have their own government. But recently Taiwan has shown big development, especially it is one of the leaders in IT in the world. And when you are in Taipei City, capital of Taiwan, you can easily see the way IT tools are used in daily life. But let me go to the beginning of my trip, to the Changhi airport where I was sitting on the board of Eva Air Boeing-747 and waiting to depart Singapore to fly to Taiwan. After getting very cheap plane ticket (75$ only without airport taxes, because of agreement between Eva Air and DHL, I could get %75 agent discount! Well, I like my yellow company!:-)) Taiwan is a country that I always wanted to see. It has a rich culture and arts, colorful people (people wear colorful clothes and also different colors are included in all other decorations). Streets were colorful, full of Chinese characters highlighted on boards. It looked a little bit like Singapore without English, Malay and Indian writings. One could see a lot of motorbikes in the streets, they are very popular in Taiwan. It looked as I was expecting, like all those streets that you could see on Chinese martial arts films that are very popular in my country. I visited Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall (CKS is a leader of Taiwan who did important things in Taiwanese history), tourist night markets where we tasted different kinds of Taiwanese food (mainly fried) and visited snake alley(with real show of feeding python with alive chicks), Taipei 101 - world?s tallest building, really tall and nice architecture reflecting Chinese architecture, Taipei discovery center where we had chance to catch 360 degree rotating screen film show, Ximen street - colorful and crowded street where usually youngsters hang-out, in some IT stores full of gadgets of local brand with reasonable prices. But the best part was our visit to Jui Fen which is a popular weekend place for Taiwanese. It is a place with a wide sea view, place on a high hills near to coast, with green nature and cool weather (after 3 months of tropical weather, I felt back at home:)). It has street markets where you can find real Taiwanese delicious food, all kind of souvenirs reflecting Taiwan culture and history. We stayed in a nice house with real Chinese rooms (small rooms, high from ground level with sliding door, etc.) with a garden with sea view. It was amazing to be in countryside of Taiwan. I traveled a lot on the trains, walked a lot, ate a lot of Taiwanese food, and it was tiring but great 4 days?
?Plane was ready to take off. I was leaving Taiwan. Every good thing should be short, it was short but memorable. I left her back at the airport, but we agreed to meet for new travels and next destination would be Cambodia or Thailand. I was relaxed, fully rested and ready to get back to work.