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Taipei Museums & Monuments

A few of us went to Taipei for one of our extended weekends, in particular on Taiwan independence day. We hadn't really thought it through and in retrospect the timing couldn't have been better. We left for Taipei on Thursday afternoon and stayed there until Sunday. Throughout our time there we visited many places as there is a lot to do in Taipei. The best part about our little vacation was that we were at the Chian Kai-Shek memorial at mid-day on Taiwan independence day and got to see many parades and a few marching bands!

These are all pictures from the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial. It is probably one of the largest monuments I've ever seen in my life. There are two gigantic 'theatre' buildings parallel each other and a gate with a pathway that leads up to the main Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial. The entire memorial/monument is surrounded by little gardens with lots of different trees & flowers.

The next two stops were at the National Palace Museum and the Sun Yat-sen museum & memorial. The National Palace Museum is huge and consists of a large collection of things from Chinese antiquity. You can easily get lost in that museum as each doorway leads you to another huge room filled with history. The Sun Yat-sen museum & memorial is not but looks just as cool with its traditional style of architecture. We all also got a little picture sitting on Sun Yat-sen's lap!