Thursday 2 April 2009

Day 10 Excursion to Taipei 101 Building & National palace museum

Taipei 101 is one of the tallest buildings in the world with 101 stories above the ground and 5 stories below. It stands 508 metres tall! Taipei 101 observatory's elevators are Guinness Record-breaking high speed pressurised elevators, that reach a speed of 1010 metres per minute. The children also visited the National Palace museum where they were able to view artefects such as the Jadeite cabbage from the Ch'íng Dynasty (1644-1911), the meat shaped stone and the standing lady painted with colours from the Táng Dynasty (618-907)

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