Taipei 101 + doi.

The colour of the lights corresponds with the days of the week. Red = Monday.

The buildings beside 101 are not small either, but it dwarfs them. If you want to geek-out on the engineering of it all, talk to Kelsey. It's build to withstand typhoon winds (sturdy) and earthquakes (flexible), so it's a testament to engineering.
Me, pre-jump.
Kris was just standing there, so I said "do something" and this was his go-to move. Hee hee.


Last night we hiked up elephant mountain - well, to clarify, we climbed up the stairs. It was about 400m, and it's pretty crazy how abruptly the city stopped and really thick, lush forest began. At the top of the path is a great vantage point to view the Taipei 101 tower - the world's second largest building (the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is now the highest). It is crazy how big this thing is - it almost looks silly next to the other buildings. Learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

At the top of the path, there are a series of large boulders that people have carved and climbed on. In a moment of bravery/stupidity I hopped from one boulder to the next but after I cleared the small gap I had to scuttle down the slope of the second boulder and then jump off of it - about a 4 foot drop. No big deal, except I was wearing keds and I landed in some mud and sort of sprained my ankle. Doi. Especially since we have free time right now, and I'm not moving too fast. It seems okay though, just slightly swollen and I got a compression sock thingy plus ice to help it heal. We're taking it easy today (Kris is none too impressed thogh, because he told me not to jump) and hopefully I'll be up and at 'em tomorrow.

Sigh! I always say that "I'm not a good climber", and am usually a huge wuss when it comes to stuff like this, but for some reason I just HAD to try make the jump. I can't explain it. Tsk, tsk when will I learn?

So, while I ask you to send the majority of healing laser beams to Kris, can you pew! pew! one or two my way too?

L+P.