Taiwan - Day 2

Today was more of the same. A walk around the streets visiting temples and trying the local food.



Morning Street Market


While walking to the subway station we came across this early morning street market. It was only 10 am but some vendors were already packing up for the day.



Longshan Temple

 Longshan Temple was our primary destination for the day.



Food offerings left by the faithful

Like many temples in Taiwan, it's a mixture of Buddhist, Taoist and folk deities. Lots of people leave offerings of food on the tables.

Morning prayers

Chinese Dragon on the roof - Longshan Temple

After the temple we took to walking the streets. Etsuko was after the famous "China Shoes" shop. Perhaps it's just famous in Japan but it sells cheep Chinese made shoes. We found it and she bought two pairs.

Wide, clean streets in Taipei

However I was more interested in the streets. Taiwan's quite clean, with spacious main streets. Quite different to main land China. I could imagine living here. It feels very similar to Japan.

Police scooters!

Even the police ride scooters. I'm not sure I'd have the same respect for the officer, if they pulled me over while riding one of these.



Etsuko trying Taiwan's steamed dumplings

We finished the day off with steamed dumplings. Personally I preferred the fried dumplings but the steamed ones are more famous in Taiwan.