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Okay….there’s a crazy lot to do in Taipei. The other day I saw Taipei 101. The view from the top? Awe-inspiring. As in awesome with a capital "A". So what I had originally planned on being a two day stop over that turned into four before I left is now eight nights in Taipei. For the past couple of days I was thinking of getting a two month teaching thing so I can stay longer and support myself, now I’m considering a one year thing since that seems to be what everyone is looking for. A year in Taiwan. I could easily pimp that. Turns out I really like Taiwan. I haven’t seen nearly everything within Taipei, much less the rest of the islands (not to mention the surrounding ones ^_^ ).

I’ve been thinking about the humidity and heat here. First, most buildings (even cafes with open street corners) are air-conditioned and quite comfortable. Exiting buildings and the MRT, though, it seems that the heat and humidity come at you like a wall. There’s no real transitional period. Walking into a building you feel a rush of cold air bathing you, walking out, it’s hot air. A form of equilibrium, maybe. But the tropical climate seems to inspire growth everywhere it’s possible. Plants growing from cracks, columns, even enveloping walls of buildings. I’m not sure if they were planned, but they seem to have made themselves at home on most of the older buildings.

I’ve found some great placed to eat here. A veggie place where I can get a big bowl of stinky tofu soup for about $3 USD. The BEST coffee I’ve had for $1 USD is on the corner of the block where I’m staying. Next to that I can get a steamed bread and soy milk for a bout $1. Down the street is a noodle cart next to a tea shop. Zhong dan dan mian (the veggie noodle bowl I had this morning) for 50 qian and an iced ginger black tea for 25 qian made that breakfast about $2.50 USD. Yea….a guy can get comfortable ^_^ .

Still trying to get pictures off my SD chip. Hope to have some soon.