After almost 23 hours of non-stop traveling, we arrived in Taipei at around 10 pm. By the time we got through customs and met up with our driver, Mr. Yeh, we got to the Agora Garden Hotel around 11:30 pm.
It was about 1 am before we finally slept in a nice bed.
On Monday morning, we ate breakfast at the Agora and went out to explore the shops, stores and nearby landmarks. The area around the Agora is in a business district and is filled with shoppers and tourists. A few blocks away is the Taipei Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the world. It has been overcast so it has been hard to see the top of the Tower itself.In the afternoon, our driver, Mr. Shin, took us to the Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and Handicraft Center. The Memorial Center was huge and we watched the changing of the guard at the memorial shrine.
