March 30 - Taipei (Keelung) Taiwan, China


After enjoying our time at Taipei 101, I headed out on an excursion to see the rest of Taipei.

We started with lunch & beer at the Grand Hotel.




Lobby, Ceiling and Stairwell Art


Golden Dragon in the courtyard

We visited the National Palace Museum. It was amazing. Sorry for the amount of Pics. The museum has 70,000 pieces, but can only display 4000 at a time.

The Jade Cabbage. 
It has a flower blossom and a cricket carved into it.
These pictures don't do it justice, but at least I got some pics. It was sooo crowded


Bronze Kitchen Pots



5000 Symbols inside this Caldron

The Golden Buddha from above and head on



Porcelain. The sleeping baby is a pillow for the hairdos as depicted in the statue







The Real 'Toy' presented to the Royalty and a plastic toy James (out tour guide) had growing up.


Gold 


Ivory Carvings. The ball has 14 layers.


Leather

We saw the changing of the guards at the Martyr's Shrine







And again at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall






Chiang and Mrs. Chiang with FDR and Winston Churchill

And here are some pictures from around town



Downtown

Residences

Cool Structures



It had been a long day, including Taipei 101, and our bus elected to back directly to the Ship and not to go to the local art market. This way we could watch the Taiwan Folkloric.



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