./05. Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall 2Nov2000

./05. Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall 2Nov2000

Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 005 It rains a lot during the winter in Taiwan... But we're adventurous sorts. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 008 Arrival! Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 010 An odd room in the train station. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 011 The memorial from the outside. First photo snapped over the wall. Second photo taken for the compositional value. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 012 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 013 Fenny prefers pictures with us in them. She's not the artistic sort. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 014 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 015 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 016 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 016a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 017 Try to get a sense of the scale of this memorial. It's pretty big. Yeh, I'm sure if you've visited the Great Pyramids, this isn't so hot, but if you're from Kansas, you probably think it's cool. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 018 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 019 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 020 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 021 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 022 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 023 Fenny being Regal. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 024 Again, trying to convey the scale of this thing. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 026 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 027 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 028 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 029 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 030 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 031 Photos of us at the landmark. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 032 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 032a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 033 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 035 A mild form of Engrish: "Please Take Care of the Children" is what the sign says. Putting 'the' in there makes me say the quote: "Won't somebody please think of the children?!" Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 036 The Chiang Kai Shek Memorial has a number of parks alongside or inside of it (not sure which, actually). This is one of those parks. There are fish in the pond. Here, look at all the fish: Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 037 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 038 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 039 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 040 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 041 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 043 Mmmm. Reminds me of good ol' Cajun Cooking! Catfish! Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 044 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 045 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 046 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 047 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 048 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 049 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 050 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 051 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 052 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 053 Sometimes Fenny cracks me up. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 054 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 055 In the first two pictures, you see the plant jailhouse. In the final, Fenny cries 'Freedom!' because a plant escaped. We'll see that plant momentarily... Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 056 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 057 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 058 I'm forcing Fenny to do cute poses so I can take pictures I deem 'interesting.' Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 059 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 061 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 062 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 063 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 064 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 065 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 066 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 068 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 069 This is the plant that escaped from the plant jailhouse shown above. Its partner (which I got no pictures of, sorry!) was plucked from the water and put into the trash can by one of the jailhouse watchers. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 070 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 071 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 072 Here. Look at the fish some more. And the park. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 073 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 080 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 081 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 082 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 086 Stop complaining, you. When you get off your butt out into the drizzling rain for an entire afternoon, trying to keep the sprinkles off your camera lens, then you can take whatever pictures you want. These are the pictures I wanted to take! Deal with it. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 088 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 090 This cat had caught a mouse (can you see the mouse? Hint: the cat's looking at it) and was doing the standard 'play with it until it dies.' Fenny and I watched the drama for a while. The mouse got away, probably because we were distracting the cat with our strange running around trying to position ourselves for the shot. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 094 Fenny says this sign translates basically to: "When you see how things are, remember those before you that made it this way." Uh... I may be remembering that all wrong. Get out your Chinese dictionaries and figure it out. If Val writes to me with a better explanation, I'll probably paste it here. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 095 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 096 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 097 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 098 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 099 Again, forcing Fenny to do cute poses. I like these shots. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 100 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 101 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 101a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 102 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 103 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 105 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 105a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 106 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 107 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 107a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 109 Oh, yeh, we were here to see the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial... Right. Let's get on with that, shall we? Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 110 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 111 "Take Kind Care of Flowers & Trees. Don't Tread On or Pick Up." Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 112 Are you still trying to get an idea of the scale of this thing? Well, here are a couple more pictures. The final one on the steps of the building with the big, blue roof you saw in the earlier pictures. Yeh, WAAAY up there. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 113 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 113a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 114 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 115 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 116 Inside the building with the big, blue roof. There's Chiang Kai Shek hisself, in all his statuesque glory! Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 117 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 118 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 119 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 120 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 122 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 124 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 125 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 126 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 127 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 128 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 129 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 130 The water drops from the roof of the building with the big, blue roof would fall for about 4-6 seconds to the ground. You could watch them come down and try to catch them. Fenny did that. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 131 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 132 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 133 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 134 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 134a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 135 Big. Really big. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 136 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 137 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 138 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 138a Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 139 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 140 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 141 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 142 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 143 Fenny in the rain. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 144 The naked people that sell things. This one is... uh... can't remember what for. But she's a babe. This sign was in public, yes. Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 145 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 146 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 147 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 148 Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 149 A park close to Fenny's home.
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Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 005

It rains a lot during the winter in Taiwan... But we're adventurous sorts.

Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 008

Arrival!

Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 010

An odd room in the train station.

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The memorial from the outside. First photo snapped over the wall. Second photo taken for the compositional value.

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Fenny prefers pictures with us in them. She's not the artistic sort.

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Try to get a sense of the scale of this memorial. It's pretty big. Yeh, I'm sure if you've visited the Great Pyramids, this isn't so hot, but if you're from Kansas, you probably think it's cool.

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Fenny being Regal.

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Again, trying to convey the scale of this thing.

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Photos of us at the landmark.

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A mild form of Engrish: "Please Take Care of the Children" is what the sign says. Putting 'the' in there makes me say the quote: "Won't somebody please think of the children?!"

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The Chiang Kai Shek Memorial has a number of parks alongside or inside of it (not sure which, actually). This is one of those parks. There are fish in the pond.

Here, look at all the fish:

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Mmmm. Reminds me of good ol' Cajun Cooking! Catfish!

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Sometimes Fenny cracks me up.

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In the first two pictures, you see the plant jailhouse. In the final, Fenny cries 'Freedom!' because a plant escaped. We'll see that plant momentarily...

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I'm forcing Fenny to do cute poses so I can take pictures I deem 'interesting.'

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This is the plant that escaped from the plant jailhouse shown above. Its partner (which I got no pictures of, sorry!) was plucked from the water and put into the trash can by one of the jailhouse watchers.

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Here. Look at the fish some more. And the park.

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Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 086

Stop complaining, you. When you get off your butt out into the drizzling rain for an entire afternoon, trying to keep the sprinkles off your camera lens, then you can take whatever pictures you want. These are the pictures I wanted to take! Deal with it.

Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 088

Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 090

This cat had caught a mouse (can you see the mouse? Hint: the cat's looking at it) and was doing the standard 'play with it until it dies.' Fenny and I watched the drama for a while. The mouse got away, probably because we were distracting the cat with our strange running around trying to position ourselves for the shot.

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Fenny says this sign translates basically to: "When you see how things are, remember those before you that made it this way." Uh... I may be remembering that all wrong. Get out your Chinese dictionaries and figure it out. If Val writes to me with a better explanation, I'll probably paste it here.

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Again, forcing Fenny to do cute poses. I like these shots.

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Oh, yeh, we were here to see the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial... Right. Let's get on with that, shall we?

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Taipei Day Trip Thu 2Nov2000 111

"Take Kind Care of Flowers & Trees. Don't Tread On or Pick Up."

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Are you still trying to get an idea of the scale of this thing? Well, here are a couple more pictures. The final one on the steps of the building with the big, blue roof you saw in the earlier pictures. Yeh, WAAAY up there.

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Inside the building with the big, blue roof. There's Chiang Kai Shek hisself, in all his statuesque glory!

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The water drops from the roof of the building with the big, blue roof would fall for about 4-6 seconds to the ground. You could watch them come down and try to catch them. Fenny did that.