21 May 2023
Dinner at 5:30pm? Sure
Xinyi at dusk
Almost certainly, the final beef noodle soup has been eaten. I like it a lot but I think it makes me fat. I think all soups do. Soup which includes fresh hand made dough in the form of noodles, probably more so.
The important thing, was to eat dinner as early as possible, which was almost too late, so that I could get a seat on my own. Sadly I had to eat in a real restaurant, the pic has no tray and there was no buzzer, because all the food courts were already full! Are these people eating a late lunch or an early dinner? Do they have 2 dinners? How would I know.
For my last night in Taiwan I went back to Xinyi, the up market area where Taipei 101 is. I only took one photo of that building tonight, because everyone has seen it enough. Now I am back in my hotel again early, but that was the plan, it is going to be a long couple of days and nights, after tonight, which will be my last proper sleep until Wednesday night!
First up, dinner! A great beef noodle soup. Note the lack of tray, because this is not a food court, but an actual restaurant (near a food court). They were still reluctant to let me despite having small tables unoccupied, I had to reassure them I would eat fast and leave.
The nearby food court was already overflowing at 5:30pm.
This guy is trying to avoid the fee to go up to the top of Taipei 101. But seriously, sadly selling these metal balloons to kids to let go so they float off and choke a dolphin is still a big thing here. I think they are banned in some parts of the world now.
HELL NO! I still have not recovered from paying $7 for one of these.
This photo is here only because it is the ground floor entrance area of a flash department store. Instead of make up and jewellery, people spend their disposable income on bobble heads and pokemon. Like I ranted on already, anime culture for want of a better term, is out of control. Also I am aware there is also a MAC makeup shop in view. But imagine if when you walked into David Jones in Australia you were not greeted by women in lab coats trying to sell you face cream, but instead some kind of blue haired teenager trying to sell you a plastic bikini clad 12 year old girl doll with a sword?
Final Taipei 101 shot? Maybe, I do not know what I will do tomorrow morning.
Some more mall type areas in Xinyi.
Time for some light pollution. Trees are boring on their own, add LED lights.
And while I have taken a shot from the above ground subway stations a few times, here is one in the dark. I guess these are mainly office buildings as there are not a lot of lights on. Tomorrow I do not have to check out, as I overbooked 1 night which I explained earlier, so I probably will go out early, have a coffee or 2, then laze about in my hotel until it is time to go to the airport. Take that as a warning for boring pictures tomorrow.