Apropos of nothing much, here’s a bunch of views of Taipei 101 all taken during hikes I’ve done in the 3 months since coming back to Taiwan. The weather’s generally cloudy here in spring so most of them weren’t taken on the best of days, but anyway you can see how well Taipei 101 serves as a reference point from the mountains all around the city.
This one from Kangleshan in Neihu, with Elephant Mountain prominent to the left:
From Jinmian Rocks, further along the Neihu ridge:
Up close, from Elephant Mountain:
These 3 are all from Neihu, starting with the awesome roof detail of Bishanyan Temple (see the hike description here):
From in front of Yuanjue Temple:
And from the top of the Liyushan trail (which goes up from Dagou Stream Park):
This is from Shitoushan, Lion’s Head Mountain, down in Xindian:
Taipei 101 peeking up over the ridge, just visible from Battleship Rock in Beitou:
And these last 3 are from Zhinan Temple in Maokong:
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