Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)/Shilin Official Residence (士林官邸) - Taiwan (台湾) 2011 (Part 7)

Last year, I made my first visit to Taiwan, R.O.C. I was very busy after I got back and never got a chance to look through them and pick out the photos I'm going to post. I finally took out enough time to finish, so... Here they are! I did not take many photo there as the tropical weather made me very sick. I will be splitting them into a total of 8 parts. I hope you enjoy viewing them!

我去年去台湾旅游了一次。我会把这些照片分成八章文章。

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Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

Today I have the rest of the photos from Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) and will begin my photos from Shilin Official Residence (士林官邸).

A Buddhist temple at Sun Moon Lake. 

The streets of the village near Sun Moon Lake. A lot of souvenir stores because it is a tourist attraction. 

The RichForest is the hotel I stayed in. The hotel is widely know for the Chinese Rosewood. Most of the furniture in the hotel and rooms are made from the Rosewood.  

Another photo of the hotel.  

Photos of the souvenir and food stores.

I think it was every weekend, the locals will dance and perform. Even though there is only a few true locals remaining, they try to keep their tribe's heritage going. In the photos above, they've also invited tourists to go dance with them. The people in the costumes are the locals. 

Another photo of the locals performing.  

The hotel provided free breakfast. The restaurant was right on the lake! 

Pet pig! Not sure if they are going to kill it for food later on... I thought it was cute, so I took a photo.  

There was a gondola ride near Sun Moon Lake too. It led to an amusement park and a few other attractions. The ride is free. 

Maple Story claw machine. :D LOL I thought it was cute. I got an Orange Mushroom and a Blue Snail.  

Another shot of the gondola ride.  

 More shows teaching people about the local's tribal ways. 

Not everyone needed to take the gondola. They also had a hiking trail. Here is a photo of the flash rain (I think. the rain didn't really show up on photo.)... I hid out in of the snack stores.  

Photo of Sun Moon Lake. 

So much fog! 

 Now I leave Sun Moon Lake and go back to Taipei. this begins my photos at the Shilin Official Residence (士林官邸).

A lot of lily pads in the residence. 

A close up of the lily pad plant. The seeds are edible. 

Photo of the lily pad flower. 

This is all the photos for today. The next post on Taiwan will also be the last. :( In the next post, there will be the rest of the photos from Shilin Official Residence (士林官邸) and the photos from the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (中正纪念堂).

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Taipei 101/Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) - Taiwan (台湾) 2011 (Part 6)

Last year, I made my first visit to Taiwan, R.O.C. I was very busy after I got back and never got a chance to look through them and pick out the photos I'm going to post. I finally took out enough time to finish, so... Here they are! I did not take many photo there as the tropical weather made me very sick. I will be splitting them into a total of 8 parts. I hope you enjoy viewing them!

我去年去台湾旅游了一次。我会把这些照片分成八章文章。

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best Taiwan photos, use this link. To see all of my Taiwan photos from this trip, use this link.

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 

Today I have the rest of the photos from Taipei 101, and will begin the photos from Sun Moon Lake (日月潭).

Continuing from the last post, landscape shot of Taipei from the top. 

Stupid exit sign reflection got caught in the photo. :/  

A model of the elevator that takes you to the top floor. It is one of the worlds fastest elevators. 

The earthquake motion suppressor inside Taipei 101. There are a lot of these. 

 Now a landscape photo from the outdoor observatory. This is the highest tourist can go on Taipei 101.

Photo of the top of the tower. From what the security guards said, the top of the building contains electronics for TV and radio antennas.  

A photo of the outdoor observatory.  

Another landscape shot. 

I wanted to do panoramic photo of the whole city, but as you can see the top is fenced. So I wasn't really able too. Also, this is the last photo from the top of the outdoor observatory. Right after this photo, there was a big pouring rain surprise. LOL Had to go back inside. The tourists rode the employee elevator back down. 

The Taipei 101 figurines.  

One of those mirror tunnel things that creates an optical illusion of a tunnel that never ends.  

More photos of the observatory.  

Other section of the observatory. Has a museum and gift shops.  

Now begins my photos to Sun Moon Lake (日月潭).

Scenery of Sun Moon Lake. 

That is all the photos for today's post. I hope you have enjoyed it! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends! Next time I got the rest of the photos from Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) and will begin the photos from Shilin Official Residence (士林官邸).

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Taiwan (台湾) 2011 (Part 5)

Last year, I made my first visit to Taiwan, R.O.C. I was very busy after I got back and never got a chance to look through them and pick out the photos I'm going to post. I finally took out enough time to finish, so... Here they are! I did not take many photo there as the tropical weather made me very sick. I will be splitting them into a total of 8 parts. I hope you enjoy viewing them!

我去年去台湾旅游了一次。我会把这些照片分成八章文章。

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best Taiwan photos, use this link. To see all of my Taiwan photos from this trip, use this link.

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 

Today, I got the rest of the photos from the Mao Kong Gondola (猫空缆车) and will start the photos of the top of Taipei 101.

今天我有最后几张在猫空缆车上拍的照片，和开始台北101的照片。

Was pretty high up on the gondola. Managed to get a good landscape shot of Taipei.  

Taipei 101 

Another landscape shot. Tower on the right is Taipei 101.  

Scenery 

So I get off the Mao Kong Gondola and it is beginning to get dark out. I went to the Taipei 101 observatory. There is Taipei 101 in the background. 

我离开了猫空缆车去台北101上面参观。

I thought it would be nice to get a few low angle shots of the tower.  

This is the Taipei 101 mall.  

There is the observatory ticketing office.  

Great views from up above.  

Scenery as seen from inside the tower. 

Some souvenir stores and snack stores at the top of Taipei 101.  

I forgot to bring a tripod or a mini tripod with me. It was dark outside, and I tried my best. This photo has slight motion blur... Looking through my other photos, I had worse. This one wasn't too bad so I posted it. 

Another photo inside the top of the tower of the visitor section.  

Another landscape shot of Taipei.  

Doesn't the lights look beautiful? 

That is all the photos for today. On the next post, I will finish off posting the photos from the top of Taipei 101 and begin the photos I took of my trip to Sun Moon Lake (日月潭). Please remember to share this blog post with your friends! I hope you have enjoyed it!

我下一次会把最后几张在台北101拍的照片登出来。我下一次也会开始登出来在日月潭拍的照片。

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