Still Taipei

So Taipei is a very interesting place with lots of things to do. I only spent a total of 5 days there, but could have continued to explore it.

I went to visit Lonshan Temple, a very old a beautiful temple. When I arrived at the metro stop I got off and decided that I needed to have breakfast before I do my sightseeing for today. So I went to find some food. I had that same anxiety where I was unsure of how to order or what. I found a little restaurant, there was an entire street of them I sat down and pointed to a picture on the wall. The picture looked like dumplings. I was excited for dumplings for breakfast.

This is what I got...not dumplings at all. In fact it is something that I never really wanted to try. It is tripe (I didn't find the out until later). It wasn't very good. I ate about half before I decided that I couldn't eat any more. I left and headed back towards the temple, found a bakery on the way and went inside. I figure I am going to eat something baked and delicious because I was unsure of what just entered my body and my body was not happy about it. 

The Temple:
Upon entering the courtyard I was greeted by an amazing waterfall and beautiful landscaping.

The temple

The Temple

Upon entering the temple, it was full of people. People were just everywhere, there were things everywhere, a quarter of the people were praying and the rest were tourists trying to get that perfect picture. I felt very uncomfortable inside, so I left. I had been in lots of temples in Thailand, but this one just felt different. Not just because it wasn't a buddhist temple. 

There was supposed to be a fountain near by, so I decided that I would go and see it. I got there and there wasn't even water. Sad day. I thought maybe I should go to zoo already, but I was stopped by an elderly man. He didn't really speak much English, he asked if I would sit and chat. I did, we talked mostly through charades. During our time together we drank a beer (it was 11AM). His friend was drinking wine I thought it was weird that his entire mouth was blood red, and the red stuff just kept coming out. I think he was chewing Beetle Nuts. A guard came by and asked us to move; there were lots of people sitting around, I was confused why we had to move. At this point I just bid them good-bye. But, not before I took a selfie...

Did I mention those eyebrows...