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Welcome to Living Mall .... near the Sun Yat Sen Memorial hall. Glowing in the darkness of the late evening! Inside this huge glowing ball is glitzy and glaring."The glow is from within" Decoratives in the centre space of Living mall Note: There is no solid foundation for the spherical structure..just resting c/o the pillars there...and Taiwan sits right on the "Pacific Ring of Fire"...phew! Decoratives in the centre space for the chinese new year A view from 7th level, of the food court below the sphere

Danshui walk way along the Keelung river mouth leading upto the ocean...... a sleepy place at the end of Red Line Taipei MRT. Ocean ahead .... word of caution...Keep going straight in this direction....chances are u might hit mainland China Treat for sea food lovers....some exotic dish as sea side snack at Danshui. Be prepared to see all sort of items like these if visiting Taiwan! A street performer at the sea front. Time to unwind.... Two ferrys on leisure ride in the keelung river mouth. A local delicacy here...! Poor thing ...would'nt have imagined it would end up in a stick in the land like this!

A chimney painted as a girafee outside the Zoo... Last stop at Muzha Line of Taipei MRT A Giraffe craning its neck to give us a darshan - Hey i am a real giraffe. Mama's baby! Chimps! -" Arrey hum bhi kuch evolution ke baad glass ke us taraf honge.... tum bhi kabhi hum jaise hi they! " A Koala - shying away from the camera armed visitors! Storks - In taipei i see lot of babies in strollers than i have seen in any place in India....no doubt with these lovely storks here, bundles of joy are bound to be there. A pair of white rhinos - locking horns?? Another cousin of Panda nibbling at something for snacks A zebra crossing on the road! :-) Ready get set go - An american Bison! A pair of Puma A Red panda or Less Panda as they call it Live Penguins!! - whooooopy!! I saw penguins ....

My first trip abroad! Having a passport itself gave a sense of pride, the day i got to finally see my passport a couple of years back!! Now why is that??...thats a long story. Maa had come to see me off. She came a couple of days before we were to start. Even till then i was excited that i am going to see mom after nearly 6 months! That thought never sank in my head that in less than 48 hours i had to start for a land unknown, language unknown. But somewhere deep down in the psyche, a sense of confidence was there, that we can definitely manage. May be its the confidence that preparations and background spadework instills in your psychology. After having done a lot of research of what and where of the bound destination, I was completely on a firm ground. Even till the day we were to start, till that very evening we had been out of the house going about here and there. Was feeling happy that maa was all the time with me and may be that was another reason for the renewed confidence too!...