Taiwan - 2019

Qingshan Temple.

Main approach to the Chian Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.

During the changing of the guard inside Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Some pomp, lots of ceremony, and more choreography than you would expect from the average soldier.

I suspect these soldiers lose merit points if their helmets are not shiny enough.

50th birthday dinner on the 85th floor of Taipei's 101 building.

Various delicacies to start the meal, Shin Yeh 101.

The hot appetizer for my 50th. There were 7 courses, some which had 3 or 4 different items. All in all, I think we had about 15 or so items to dine on. A bottle of red, and a couple of glasses of not-at-all-bad Japanese sparkling wine.

Fried fish - sounds like it will be the most boring of the items for dinner. Nah-ah. It was incredibly done, magnificently flavoured, and probably felt the most decadent because of the addition of gold.

Where we ate dinner the previous evening. For some years, this was the tallest building in the world.