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Traveler For the love of football
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- Sep 22, 2018, 7:12am
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Taoyuan Dabu 25.06926, 121.2206725°4’9” N 121°13’14” E
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A magic carpet ride
September 22, 2018 in Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Let me get this out of the way early. China Airline's Business Class is exceptional. Delicious food, exemplary service from slim, attractive flight attendants, (take note Air NZ) and a lie flat bed that had enough controls to keep the geek in me gleefully happy. I even got some good sleep, which is highly unusual for me anywhere, especially on a plane. Some 'other' unnamed people on this flight had even more sleep than me. In fact at one point there was a symphony of snoring. Initially I thought two untuned tractors were having a race though the cabin, but it was two other passengers. One whom I know very well. We landed in Taipei just after 5am and it was already 27 degrees. This may be a toasty kind of day. Next stop central Taipei.Read more
Traveler What no Champagne?
9/21/18Reply
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Traveler For the love of football
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- Sep 22, 2018, 7:15pm
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Taoyuan Dabu 25.06926, 121.2206825°4’9” N 121°13’14” E
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Look up, and up, and up
September 22, 2018 in Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Caught the high speed train into Taipei city, which took about half an hour, so I'm glad we didn't take the regular speed one. Seriously though, Taipei is a massive urban sprawl, intermixed with dense foliage covered hills.

Our one and only reason for dipping our toes into the city was to see Taipei 101. Wow, what a structure. It punches into the sky, towering over all other buildings and giving a stunning view of Taipei, amid the smog. Very impressive, especially the lifts which fire you up to the 89th floor in just over 30 seconds.

After gazing over the strange mix of old traditional Chinese structures and futuristic skyscrapers we caught the bullet lift back to ground level and caught the MRT back to our airport hotel. A few hours sleep and a refreshing shower, it is 33 degrees here, and we're off to the airport. A few more hours in the business lounge doing it tough then we board our bird bound for Vienna.Read more
Traveler I got vertigo just looking at the photos!
9/22/18Reply
Traveler OMG!!!!
9/24/18Reply
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