On Sunday the 2nd I returned to Taipei for my final days in Taiwan. The two hostels I stayed in were both on upper floors of buildings, which gave me a better chance to see buildings in use here.

The K Mall building where my last hostel was located is right across the street from Taipei Main station, and the lobby on the 22nd floor had good views of the city.

A lot of the apartment entrances I have seen (including that of one I stayed in at the hostel in Kaohsiung) have a solid metal door plus another outer metal door with open or glass parts. Some of the buildings also seem to have tall internal open spaces.

I didn't do very much while I was in Taipei this time. One thing I did do was visit the Taipei 101 Mall (in the lower floors of the Taipei 101 building) to find a bookstore. The mall is a little more upscale than a lot of the street shops. I think this might be the case for many of the malls here, but I haven't seen too many. However, there are also underground malls near some of the central MRT stations (at least Taipei Main Station (the malls there reach to the next stations on two lines) and Ximen). These are more like the regular street level shopping.

On the 6th I left early for Taoyuan International Airport. The route to the airport is fairly rural, which isn't surprising given that it is some distance from Taipei. The visibility wasn't good enough to photograph them this time, but the first time I took an airport bus (when arriving in Taiwan) I could also see a number of large residential-looking buildings mixed in with the farmland.