Went to a Qing Dynasty style Chinese garden in the neighbourhood today. I can walk there in about 5 minutes, and am quite surprised I didn't go to see it yet. The place is a beauty and rather big for a family garden, yet is easily beaten by most other publicly accessible gardens, parks and memorial sites in Taiwan, I'd say. On a slightly related note, the weather has been increasingly hot since Tuesday, and so, today was a very nice and sunny day to spend in a beautiful garden such as 林家花園 (lín jiā huā yuán).

I'd like to make the written content of this post minimal this time, as I have neither time nor much new information to pass on. Perhaps it's nice to know, that the owners of this garden were a very rich and powerful family in Taiwan. For a nice amount of time the richest, actually. You'll still be able to find some of their descendants around in the business world of Taiwan. Also, the family name 林 (lín) is very widespread. At least four of my classmates at Kainan had that family name.

That's the tallest building in the world just for your information.

Yeah, yesterday I went there to have a look at the city. Actually my home ma suggested we go there last Saturday but it was a rainy day so the view would probably be terrible.

Taipei 101 has different heights depending on how you want to count it. The antenna of it reaches up to 509 meter while the roof is at 449 meter. Although Burj Dubai reaches up 818 meter with it's spire, Taipei 101 still holds the title of the tallest building in the world since the definition requires the building to be finished and habitable. And again... even though Burj Dubai is probably going to finish in December and thus beat it, there's always Taipei 202. (Hey, Burj Dubai is just like a big spire really. Taipei 101 has ~30% more floor space than Burj Dubai actually.)

Nearby Taipei 101 is a bunch of other interesting buildings and stuff. This is apparently the place everyone has to take a picture with whenever they go here the first time. Oh just by the way: This is going to be a very tall post, but click more and read it anyway, ok? :) Iz taeken lotsa naic pohtos.