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Unfortunately upon waking up the rain was still falling and I feared maybe another lost day due to rain. I had a bit of a sleep-in before Racheal got up and cooked a delicious breakfast of tomato and onion salad with scrambled eggs, onion and mushroom. We sat around chatted some more and luckily the rain stopped by 1pm- the time when I was off into the city to meet my next hosts Ellen and Grace. I caught a bus which turned out to be very easy and straightforward - meeting Ellen and Grace at the designated spot at 2pm. We headed back to their apartment drank some tea and chatted for a while - they both seem very nice and have spent a lot of time abroad and they are best friends. Ellen had to go to her tribal dance class for the rest of the evening so Grace and I walked into the city and explored an old industrial area turned bohemian art district with very cool bars, cafes, shops and art expos. Next we visited an organic market tasting using tea, various fruits from guava to pineapples to dried plums, olives and peanuts. An overload of th senses and exactly what I love about travelling. Next we visited a huge gadget mall and checked out the latest technology out of Taiwan - quite strangely there were loads of models and photographers marketing products. We then headed to the metro - must say one of the best and most efficient metros I have ever used in my life - making our way to a traditional night market. Here I sampled everything under the sun starting with pork sheets, flower jelly, seaweed juice, fish skin, chickens feet, brown sugar herbal tea (delicious), tofu, rice cakes and other strange delicacies that I can't name. The market was packed and you moved at an incredibly slow pace but it was quite an experience. Grace settled on a Pork bone Chinese herbal soup and wow wonderful and I ended up going for deep fried chicken neck - a Chinese delicacy. I saw many other things I wanted to try but my stomach was aching from all the sampling. We continued walking going through the central CBS watching street performers and artists and getting up close to Taipei 101 - once upon a time the tallest building in the world. We headed back to the house and met Ellen and spent the rest of the evening chatting and laughing.
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