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Ningxia ྐྵࢀց̹
Night
Market
̨̏ٙҧቃٟࡰ
̸ৎ৵ڗ͛e
ᑽ֚ጫdʿۃყ
ҧቃٟڗරՉΈᙲ
ཻइᔮf
வ ఱ݊Ңࡈࣚʕ௰ ʆএfІ͟ᄿఙɪܔጘٙ܊
someone will hold my hand if d৪ڥٙვЍ̨̏ɽ̶ஐf
ٙࣛՍfவ݊Ңί̨
Taipei Rotarians
I freak out, and a gut-busting வఱ྅݊Ңהઞ॰ཀٙהϞփ
(from left) Chang
̏ٙ௰ܝɓ˂d݊ࣛࡉ೮ɪ̨
Sheng Ma, Henry
serving of xiao long bao (soup Ѷή˙d˸ʿҢה༾ՑٙהϞ
̏ 101 əf
dumplings) at Din Tai Fung on Hsieh, and Past
Ңஷ੬ʔ˄ఃᛇཥʿ
RI President
the skyscraper’s ground floor, I ߕλɛࡁٙҞΫᚥ ķķ Ͼ
Gary C.K. Huang
೮৷ ķķ ШҢஷ੬ɰʔึל
step into the elevator. ତίΫซৎԸdவ͍݊ҧቃٟ
at Din Tai Fung
As the elevator climbs from
ഒڽᎈfΪϤdίձོٙ ࡰމОᏐ༈Ց̨̏ਞ̋ 2026
restaurant.
the fifth to the 89th floor, a digi- ϋϋึவࡈਪᕚٙഈࣩf
ᎸeϞɛוፕν؈Ңᜓฑึ
tal sign tells you how fast you’re
ИҢٙ˓d˸ʿίவಊᅙ˂ɽ
going as well as other statistics. ҢɰՑəҢӚϞࣛග
ᅽֵᄴཻٙइᔮཱིɓʃᛐ
Or so I’m told: I couldn’t bear to ̘ਞᝈٙή˙fҢҎૐҢϞһ
look. But I barely have time to get εٙࣛගdவᅵҢఱ̙˸ίජ
̍ܝdҢԐආəཥf
nervous before we complete our ʆʮБdภ࠱ԓ
ཥ 5 ᅽɪ ʺՑ 89
trip and the doors open; the ride ̘፟٤ؚሧdɝИʆ
ᅽࣛdɓࡈᅰЗፃ࿇ึᜑͪЫ
takes only 37 seconds, reaching
ٙܓʿՉ˼୕ࠇᅰኽfא٫
a top speed of 38 miles, or about ɽඵֳdԨһεٙց̹f
Ң݊ᛓйɛႭٙjҢ͉࣬ʔ
60 kilometers, per hour. This was வ̙ঐ݊Ң̨̏Бٙɼජ
without question the smoothest ᓃdШ˄ජึΎϣʺৎd૩
fШίҢᒔԸʔʿชՑၡੵ
elevator ride I’ve ever taken. I ೌဲਪdҢɰึΎϣΫԸf
ʘۃdҢࡁఱʊՑ༺ͦٙ
exhale in relief and step out.
ήdཥژ͂කəiவሲࣚ
I’m glad I conquered my fear.
̥ڀə 37 ߆d௰৷ࣛ༺
From this height I can see the
Ց 38 ߵԢdߒ 60 ʮԢf૩ೌ
outlines of Taipei’s basin, the ̨༷̏ࣚʃӉ (3)
mountains rising in the distance.
ဲਪdவ݊Ңภཀ௰̻ᖢٙཥ
The roofs of the buildings in ν؈ЫซۜᎻ̨̏ 101 ʫཻٙइ
fҢᕦəɓɹंdԐə̈Ըf
Liberty Square, the gleaming ᔮʃᛐ̍dሗਕ̀Ϙת༺fҢ PHOTOGRAPHS: I-HWA CHENG
Ңܘ৷ጳҢдəࢵ
silver Taipei Dome. It’s like a ࡁಀ༾ՑɓЗԸІዦݲٙҧቃٟ
ᙰfவࡈ৷ܓdҢ̙˸Ց
fast-motion review of all the ࡰd˼ۃɓ˂މəഃЗɿdഃə
̨̏ޯήٙቃ࿊dჃஈᑍͭٙ
marvelous places I explored, all ܘڗɓݬࣛගf
the wonderful people that I met
— which, now that I think about TAIPEI
it, are the answer to my ques- TRAVEL
24 tion about why Rotary members
臺灣扶輪 2025.9
should travel to Taipei for the TIPS
2026 convention.
I also see things I didn’t have
time to visit. I wish I had more Arrive early if you
time so I could hike at Yang- want to try the
mingshan National Park, take soup dumplings
at Din Tai Fung
a gondola to see the tea planta- inside Taipei 101.
tions in Maokong, stay at the We bumped into
Grand Hotel, and shop at more of a Rotarian from PHOTOGRAPHS: I-HWA CHENG
the night markets. This might be Australia who had
the sunset of my time in Taipei, a lengthy wait for
but the sun will come back, and a table the day
undoubtedly, so will I. before.
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