Travelog for: Nutmeg

I went to another scenery place in Taipei today, named Martyrs' Shrine together with my big friend, Theodore.



The Martyrs Shrine, is located right next to the Grand Hotel. It was built in 1969 and covers a large area.

Here you can see the famous Grand Hotel in the distance. It's built in Chinese style


The shrine's  architectural style is similar to that of the Taihe Dian Imperial Palace in Beijing. It symbolizes the martyrs' brave spirit.




The Martyrs Shrine is dedicated to approximately 330,000 men who sacrificed their lives to the overthrowing of the Ching Dynasty before the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, and who fell during the Sino-Japanese war (1938-1945) and the Chinese Civil war (1945-1949). Plates of these brave and loyal martyrs have been inserted into the four walls of the main building in testimony of their heroic deeds.



There were also beautiful flowers everywhere



There are also military police officers who guard the main gate, and who have been rigidly trained to stand like expressionless statues and to remain unmoved by the teasing of crowds.



There is also a  guard-changing ceremony that begins at 9am and is to be held at each hour. We were very lucky at saw one of the ceremonies

Today is also a very important day in Taiwan, because there are presidential elections. We left the Shrine and drove to Andrea's parents-in-law to wait for the final results.

Nutmeg and I wanted to drive, but we weren't allowed to....weird  .


So we took the best seats on the dashboard behind the front window


This picture was made while we were waiting for the final results. There were 2 candidates, 1 candidate was from the blue camp and the other one was from the green camp. Guess who won........ .

It is time to pack my bags again. I have stayed in Taiwan for several weeks now and I'm ready to explore new cities and countries.

First of all I wrote a postcard to my mommy to tell her that I had a great time here



After that I said good-bye to my hosts and buddy heodore who will continue his adventures in Australia where he will visit my mommy 



And I am going to Russia.....!!!!!