Taipei - Part II - Taipei 101

Hi there again!!! . . . had been sick for almost a week . . . not much energy to edit my photos and blog . . . anyway . . . here is Part II

Taipei 101 aka Taipei Financial Center is the Tallest Building in the World since 2004 not until the opening of Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010 . . . exactly as it named . . . it has 101 stories counting from above ground . . . there are 5 floors of underground and if you add it up its a total of 106 stories . . . hahaha!!! . . . errr . . . so its Taipei 106 . . . doesn't sounds right la!!! . . . hahaha!!! . . .

Anyway . . . it is quite easy to get there . . . just take the subway and stop at the Taipei City Hall station . . . from there you can get free bus ride to the building provided by Taipei 101 itself . . . which is not more than 10mins away . . . so convenient!!! . . . does our Tallest Building do that??? . . . any idea? I do not know coz I stop taking Buses in Malaysia since like 1996 I think!!! . . . lol!!! . . .

Here it is!!! . . . Taipei 101

Now here's a tip . . . you can always go to the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall station if you want to get this angle of photos . . . over there you'll get a big clearance to take these pictures . . . after taking all the pictures you want . . . you can always visit the Memorial Hall 1st and than you can walk to the building by foot which is almost 20mins by walking . . . just what we did that day . . .

Another tip is that . . . do go there early to get a beautiful sky!!! . . . we were quite late that day coz I got some business work back over here to follow up before I could leave the hotel and I want to thank all my friends as they where determined to wait for me!!! . . .THANKS GUYS!!! . . .

After a few snaps . . . straight away the sky turn dark and started to rain again!!! second day in a row!!! . . . couldn't get much nice photos!!!sigh!!! . . .

Inside the 101 . . . exactly like KLCC . . . a shopping mall . . . 80% of it are all branded outlets like LV . Channel . Gucci . IWC . Piaget . Panerai . etc . . .

After getting all the information about the observatory deck . . . we decided to come back at night to see the night view of Taipei . . .

Tip : if you decided to go at night . . . make sure their 91st floor (open air) is open for visit . . . this is because it is depend on the weather . . . it is closed if the weather is bad . . . you can get their brochures which have their phone number at their ticketing counter . . . call before you go . . .

Took this picture from inside the free bus ride while we were heading back there at night time . . .

The entrance ticket cost NTD400.00 for excess to all 4 decks . . .

There are 4 floors of observatory deck . . . 88th - 91st floor . . . their elevator is incredible . . . the fastest elevator in the world . . . it can go up to speed of 37.7mph . . . it only took exactly 37seconds to reach the 89th floor from the 5th floor . . . and what surprise me is that the pressure inside the elevator was quite normal as my ears didn't go deaf . . . then going back down was slightly slower . . . it took 40seconds to reach back the 5th floor . . . they will play a nice tune of music which sounds like you're in outer space (like the sci-fi movies) and the lady elevator attendant will explain the ride in Mandarin . English and Japanese . all in 3 languages under 40seconds!!! . . . oh yeah . . . did I said she was quite pretty and cute too . . . hahaha!!!

Ok!!! . . . you'll reach the 89th floor 1st which is the indoor observatory deck . . . 360 degree nice view of Taipei!!! . . .

You will be able to see these everywhere in Taipei 101 . . . it is actually their mascot . . . they are called Damper Baby . . .

Here's the famous Damper on the 88th floor . . . the purpose of this Damper is to balance the whole Building . . . its like a center weight or something like that . . . it is designed to withstand strong typhoon wind and earthquake tremors . . . this round ball weighs at 730 tons!!!

The 91st floor . . . outdoor!!! . . . just pure beautiful view!!! . . . did not take much pictures though . . . as I was quite dizzy all the time!!! . . . coz I can feel the Building is actually swaying from left to right!!! . . . lol!!! . . .

How can I not camwhore over here!!! . . . hehehe!!! . . .

Part III coming . . . stay tuned!!!