Today we took the bullet train from Kaohsiung to Taipei, and spent the day exploring some temples and a museum. To be completely honest this day wasn’t one of my favorites – the heat and humidity made being outside really uncomfortable, and I found it hard to really pay attention to the places we visited as the weather just felt so unpleasant. The museum did contain some really interesting history about Japanese presence in Taiwan and the disappearing of certain people/officials, however I got exhausted pretty quickly and lost the energy to read through all the factoids. Taiwan’s hot environment is definitely something that takes getting used to – even having lived in the southern US for the last few years, I was not prepared for how uncomfortably hot it gets here. Being outside in the heat for long periods of time is also not something I’m used to doing – I think it would take living in Taiwan for many years to really acclimate to the weather and environment. Though I didn’t necessarily have the most enjoyable day, I’m hoping the weather becomes a little more tolerable as we wrap up our final week in Taiwan, and I do look forward to exploring more parts of Taipei!
