Richard And Jo Demeester's photos with the keyword: Taipei

Somebody we bumped in to said that we must come to this beef noodle restaurant. It was a hot tip. The beef noodles were amazing, with magnificently tender chunks of flavoursome meat. Afterwards, we found the on-line reviews, and the mention of frequent high rankings. Deserved, we believe.

This place may have been known and recommended for its beef noodles, but the pork ribs with sticky rice were pretty amazing, too.

The Millenium Hot Springs are the public sprints of Xinbeitou. Entry is around 2 dollars Australian, and gives you anywhere up to 2 hours in the springs (it closes multiple times during the day for a half hour for cleaning). They are a good balance between rustic and developed. Not so basic that you have mud squealching as you walk around, but no so much concrete that you feel like you're at the Keilor (or Strathmore) Baths. We pretty much stuck to the cooler pool - 35-40 degrees. I ventured for a very small time in the hottest (42-45) but I didn't find it at all pleasant. The day was a bit cooler, and we had a few moments of very light drizzle. This actually made the day perfect. Much hotter, and I think our time in the baths would have dropped to less than 30 minutes. We spent a bit over an hour, there, and although there were a handful of foreigners, it felt basically like a locals experience.

This temple was a calming and relaxing place to visit. Beautifully presented, and nicely laid out. Every few minutes, a plane would fly overhead, bound for nearby Songshan International Airport.

National Palace Museum, Taipei. A bronze water vessel with animal handle and human figure feet. From around 1000-1200 years ago.

Where we ate dinner the previous evening. For some years, this was the tallest building in the world.

Fried fish - sounds like it will be the most boring of the items for dinner. Nah-ah. It was incredibly done, magnificently flavoured, and probably felt the most decadent because of the addition of gold.

The hot appetizer for my 50th. There were 7 courses, some which had 3 or 4 different items. All in all, I think we had about 15 or so items to dine on. A bottle of red, and a couple of glasses of not-at-all-bad Japanese sparkling wine.

Various delicacies to start the meal, Shin Yeh 101.

50th birthday dinner on the 85th floor of Taipei's 101 building.

I suspect these soldiers lose merit points if their helmets are not shiny enough.

During the changing of the guard inside Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Some pomp, lots of ceremony, and more choreography than you would expect from the average soldier.

Main approach to the Chian Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.

Qingshan Temple.