The best way to see as much on the ground as possible is to ditch normal transportation and really fully utilize our legs power. So we took a 45 minutes walk from our hotel in Da-An to Taipei 101. We were on a roll. From the tallest building in Taiwan, we strolled down a stone-paved walkway, leading us past the government house.
We turned left and continued our walk up the street. From a short distance, two things stood out. One was that the road in front of us were closed to vehicular traffic, and two, prominently there stood a building with a somewhat golden roof - Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall.
Just outside the memorial hall, you could see that the place was immaculately kept. The grass was nicely lawned while the flowing water fountain provided that extra bit of serenity. But it ends there. There were hordes of Asian tourists who had hasten their pace into the main hall to catch the change of guards ceremony. It was all a spectacle with very little reverence. Do stay on after the visitors had dissipated from the place to soak in the importance ascribed to this venue.
The change of guards happens on the hour and the entire ceremony takes about 30 minutes. This was a 'reliving memory' experience as I first introduced to this when I'd visited Taiwan in the 90s during my army days.
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