Yeliu Geopark

Yeliu Geopark is about 40 km drive from central Taipei. As its name implies, it's a geological wonder. Being so close to the city makes it very popular travel destination, even for the locals.

The coast is very rocky. I can imagine the violent waves during a storm here.

A very odd rock formation. This place has a lot of these kiss chocolate shape rocks.

A giant rock shoe.

A giant right hand.

Taipei 101

With a height of 508 meters, it was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2009. One more thing to cross off my bucket list.

Liberty Square and National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall

We arrived Taipei in the afternoon. I couldn't sleep in the airplane, as always. With a transfer in Beijing, that made it 24 hours without sleep. Despite my desire to just crash on a bed, I knew better. I needed to fight the jet lag, that meant not going to sleep until night time. So we went to Liberty Square to see the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall.

This is the arch that marks the Liberty Square. The text says Liberty Square now, but it used

to say something else. Something about great China. It was changed around 2007.

The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in at the opposite end of Liberty Square. There is a

big sitting statue of him in the middle of the hall. A museum dedicated tohim is at the lower levels.

Roof of the memorial hall.

Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of Republic of China during World War Two. After the world war, China was plunged into a civil war between Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist Party and the Communist Party. Eventually, the communist won the war on mainland China and Nationalist Party along with all the remaining army had to retreat to Taiwan. They vowed to return and retake the whole China. They never did.

This is Chiang Kai-Shek.

His car.

His guards.