Taipei

Its hot like hottttttt its around 32 when we arrive, its steamy but its such a lovely change from Melbourne which was around 6 when we left.

Our driver thinks he is Jason Statham and does some awesome driving to get us to our hotel, the traffic is again something you have to see to believe, but it works, there is no road rage to say, as people don't make it a sport to keep others out of lanes, they understand that you keep left if you are going slow and the faster you go the further right you are on their huge highways.  And guess what people (yes mainly people of Adelaide who can't drive) their 5 million people get to their destination with huge traffic jams as the traffic flows!  Horns are not to make people feel like idiots, they are there to tell you in case you have not seen them that there is a car in the lane and a quick toot toot is all that is needed. 


Scooters are everywhere, obviously owning a car in this country is a luxury many cannot afford so most drive scooters and they nip in and out of the traffic at high speeds and are parked everywhere, most leave their helmets on the scooters as they head for the place of work for the day as obviously the crime rate is not like Australia where if you don't nail it down some wanker is going to take it.

The hotel is pretty swish and get this the mini bar is free, not there is only beer, soft drinks and chips but its free, then there is a HQ Bar on level 2 that has fully stocked fridges, snacks and Internet mac's for use 24 hours a day all free.  So you can head down there load up on all your necessities and then head back to your room and its all free.  You gotta love free stuff, would never work in Australia, but I am loving it here.

The food is fabulous, so far in my humble opinion its not as good as Beijing but it is still fresh and full of flavour, and so far I have not tried anything too weird but will keep you updated.