Day Three of our 'Taiwan's Best Trip' Journey started with a 5 hour bus ride from Tainan to Taipei. The high speed rail option almost 3x the price; and although it's about 3 hours faster, we were relying on the sleep time.
We got to Taipei around noon and checked in to our hotel. 'Budget' hotels in Taipei will still cost at least $50usd; there are other options - like private rooms in the hostels, but they're about cramped for two people. We would have chosen CityInn or the Dandy hotels - both very modern and artistic - or the hotel 72... but I booked too late and we were stuck with 'Welcome Hotel' - which was fine, but a bit overpriced.
We headed straight for the Taipei 101 area to find the Art 2009 fair and got a nice surprise - next door, also in the Taipei World Trade Center this weekend was the 'In Design' fashion show; a collection of works from the fashion departments of many of Taiwan's universities. This was perfect for our theme so we spent some time here before heading into the Art 2009 area.
I had come prepared with business cards and a portfolio, but was a little intimidated by the high-class gloss and glamor of the presented artworks. Something to grow into at any rate. We stayed late and didn't make it to Danshui as planned; Danshui is a beautiful area though - go if you get the chance, it's 35 minutes outside the city on MRT. We got lots of pictures of the art and fashion designs - watch our video to see!
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