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On our flight home, we had to transit in Taipei so we decided to stop-over for 2 nights. It took some getting used to because of the weather. It was hot and humid and I had headache for the 2 days that I was there. The jet lag didn’t help either due to the 15 hours time difference.

We only went to a few places while we were there. In fact, it was a stop-over which we shouldn’t have made.

This is Taipei 101, currently the tallest completed skyscraper.

At night, we went to the Shnlin night market. There have a few night markets there but Shinlin is purpotedly to be the biggest of them all. We just had to try the street food over there. Some tasted good, but some needs having to get use to.

Apparently the food stall below was selling fermented beancurd but since I can’t read Chinese, I wasn’t aware of it. However, it’s not as bad as in Malaysia because at least I couldn’t smell them. Oh boy, the smell is certainly an acquired taste.

The weather’s scorching hot and humid to visit any place. Nevertheless, we braved the heat and went out shopping for some local produce as well as to the Sun Yat Sen memorial hall.