2011 Taiwan Trip: Taipei Back to Tokyo

April 4, 2011 was our last day in Taipei ending our week long trip to Taiwan. On this day our flight was in the afternoon so we still had the morning to explore a little bit of Taipei before we left.

Takeoff from Taipei's Songshan Airport on a cloudy day with the Taipei 101 building sticking out in the background.

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2011 Taiwan Trip: Taipei - Martyrs Shrine, Grand Hotel and Maokong

On April 3, 2011, during the last full day of our Taiwan trip in 2011, we explored a bit more of Taipei. We went to visit the Martyrs' Shrine had a buffet lunch at the Grand Hotel and went to Maokong.

Changing of the guard at the Martyrs' Shrine.

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2011 Taiwan Trip: Presidential Building (總統府) and Tamsui (淡水)

During our Taiwan trip in 2011, on April 2, 2011, we explored a bit more of Taipei after getting out of the Taipei area for the previous 2 days to visit Taichung and Kaohsiung.

We were lucky that our trip coincided with the official open house of the Presidential Office Building of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that only happens once per month and on that month it happened to fall on April 2 so the first thing we did that day was visit the Presidential Office Building.

The Presidential Office Building from a distance.

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