My first stop in Taipei was the Longshan temple, the internet says it is "always crowded". Even though it looks kind of crowded on the picture, it was not really. Probably as I went early in the morning on a weekday, nevertheless the temple is stunning - I would go again, if crowded or not.

Talking about crowded, I arrived just at the right time for the guard changing shift at Chian Kai Shek Memorial Hall. The shift happened inside the squared building with a octagonal roof, the Chinese symbol for good fortune. It is a impressive building (and nice and cold inside).

Right in front of the Memorial Hall is the Memorial Hall Square, accompanied with the National Concert Hall and the National Theater, right and left.

Here the view through the gate towards the hall and a nice moving object. :-)

In order to get to the Confucius Temple up in the north of Taipei I took the fast and convenient MRT (Taipei´s subway).

I watched these two fellows for I while, hoping to get a rough idea about the rules of their game. I don't think I got anything out of it, apart from that picture.

Despite the hot and humid weather, I tried to walk as much as possible between the "sight seeing attractions" I had one my list. Walking through a city, is in my eye the best way to get to know a place. And I always discover interesting things, like this little commercial garage squeezed into a private garage.

It is all about timing, having not planned for it, I just bumped into the next guard changing shift at the Martyrs Shrine.

The famous view from the Elephant view point. A 20 minutes hike, consisting only of small irregular steps. At the top it was packed, but I finally found a spot to set-up the tri-pod.

Squid at the Shilin Night Market

Portraits from the Shilin Night Market.

This guy had his own booth, where people can win prices after throwing darts at balloons. That´s what living is.

Mirror, mirror on the wall ...

The view from the Taipei 101 tower, worlds second largest tower. I was lucky with the weather and the 360 degrees view was impressive! Picture is taken through UV glass, therefor the color shift.

The taxi guy

The taxi guy, right in front of the 101.

For long distances in Taipei I often used the MRT, which is really good and extremely frequent.

Parasols are everywhere in Taipei.

The following portraits I took at a street dancing competition, which I coincidently passed on the way to the next attraction. Those young people were preparing for their contest contribution and many of them were dressed up.

The bus journey to the Yehliu Geopark north east of Taipei took longer than expected and I missed the sun-set. Being a little bit upset about it and walking around to find at least something interesting, I ended up with these fisher men, their calm attitude and their view to the endless sea.