Taiwan, Day Three
Well, after a night of extreme heat and little sleep, due to the fact that this room has no aircon, a a very loud fan. Kat and I went shopping. First we went to Watsons, a pharmacy, spent a great deal of money on such things as razor blades and allergy pills and vitamins, as they are cheap here and not cheap in Korea or NZ for that matter. Also bought a suitcase too, very cheap, a good size to use as a carry on bag.
Went to the Hess Bookstore, so my kids will be happy that I now have a great number of stickers, new and different ones. Came back to Mornay's to meet him for lunch, not that we ate anything. Then Kat and I headed for Ximen (where it totally pelted down, and we got wet even though we were carrying unbrellas) and more shopping, we both got new shoes, and some cool hair pins. Had pasta lunch, very yummy. After that we caught the MRT and went to Taipei Main and Nova (lots of electronics, like Kuhmo World in Korea), Kat bought a new cell phone and I got 1GB memory card for my camera and a 1GB memory stick for my computer (yey, finally got a new one, after my old one was inadvertantly washed with sand and ocean, when I was over here on vacation last July! - a total accident really, did you know that sand and salt water aren't good for electrical appliances!).
So, next went to Taipei 101 and Page One (again). Kat bought a large number of books, I bought 1. So we decided to go up the worlds fastest elevator in the worlds tallest building. Took 37 seconds to go from the 5th floor to the 89th floor. Was a damned good view from the top too, will post pictures when I get back to Korea, you could see all of Taipei, was really awesome and such a good day for it too. I reccommmend that if you ever come to Taipei you should go there.
So, by this time it's like 5.30 and we have to get back to Nova to pick up Kat's cell phone, and by this stage we are completely sick of walking and public transport so we take taxi's. Finally got back to Mornay's around 6.30.
So, now we are getting ready to go out for dinner to some Greek restraunt, so very yummy that will be also, and Kat got me a birthday cake earlier with a 2 and 5 for candles, I promise that it will say 25 and not 52, well that's what I am hoping for, I'd rather be a quarter of a century old than half a century.
I guess that pretty much covers today, am going to Kinmen tomorrow morning with Kat, so there will be pizza on the beach again, although this time, I will make sure that my memory stick isn't in my pocket. Wish some good luck for actually getting some sleep tonight, but considering how hot it still is, I don't think that's going to happen. What a bugger!

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