During our free day in Taipei we decided to visit one of the famous tourist spots – Taipei 101. It’s the tallest building in the city and has (or did at some point anyways) the fastest elevator. Our ears were popping as we flew up the 89 floors in a matter of seconds! The view was amazing. It was pretty much what I expected Taipei to look like though – big city. That was my feel of the place from our week there. Yes, it was way more westernized than China which was “comfortable,” but it felt so crowded! It was amazing though, western restaurants everywhere. Mexican. Steakhouses. Burgers. Krispy Kreme. Coldstone. Most everyone could speak English. There was NO trash on the ground. They apparently did away with trashcans on the street, and you were responsible to take your trash home with you. They also require a crazy strict recycling system. Our friend’s home had 4+ different trashcans in their kitchen for separating food/plastic/cans/paper/I can’t remember what else. People drove in the correct lanes and walked across crosswalks. They lined up for the subway and buses and everything. I mean. . .so so different from mainland China. The food wasn’t as good though. Glad to be back in Guilin