Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Taipei I

Hello,

My colleague Marcel and I are in Taiwan for a conference on geotechnical and geophysical site characterization. So far, we haven't been out of the city Taipei. It's a bit of a weird city: clean but smelly, green but full of skyscrapers, cloudy but warm. As it is the first time for me in a country where they speak Chinese (actually Mandarin) we get a bit of a 'Lost In Translation' feeling. Especially because the hotel is so luxuruous.

View from the 101 Tower, the highest tower in the world, has it's flaws: you're in the clouds...

The 101 tower as seen in the city, between other skyscrapers

And they're still building....

These photo's (above and under) are from an amazing scene: a herb garden ('moestuin' in Dutch) in the middle of the city!! Would you eat it?


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello hi dag lieve schat,
Wow, that's a strange idea all the high towers with all the little people walking around them. hihi it's a sort of you walking in between all the little asian (taiwanees) people as an European.
A 'moestuin' in the city center. Must be smoked herbs and greens!
Have a lot of fun and enjoy your stay. Would love to be their with you. Big hug and kiss

Anonymous said...

Hello hello,

Is it the bedoeling that we leave a message in het engels? Or is it mogelijk om to write in hollands? Gave pic's! En het moet strange indeed zijn die contrasten! And are you enjoying het bubbelbad, minibar, kingsize bed?! En uiteraard how's the food?!

Enjoy nog ffkes!

kus An