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Ningxia   ྐྵࢀց̹
                                                                   Night
                                                                   Market









                                                     ̨̏ٙҧቃٟࡰ
                                                     €̸ৎ৵ڗ͛e
                                                     ᑽ֚ጫdʿۃ਷ყ
                                                     ҧቃٟڗරՉΈᙲ
                                                     ׵ཻइᔮf

         வ    ఱ݊Ң዆ࡈࣚ೻ʕ௰࢔                 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˄ఃᛇཥ૒ʿ
                                          RI President
        the skyscraper’s ground floor, I   ߕλɛࡁٙҞ஺Ϋᚥ ķķ Ͼ
                                          Gary C.K. Huang
         ೮৷ ķķ ШҢஷ੬ɰʔึל
        step into the elevator.          ତίΫซৎԸdவ͍݊ҧቃٟ
                                          at Din Tai Fung
           As the elevator climbs from
         ഒڽᎈfΪϤdί๝ձོٙ                    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.    Ңɰ޶ՑəҢӚϞࣛග
         ᅽֵᄴཻٙइᔮཱི᎛ɓ཭ʃᛐ
        Or so I’m told: I couldn’t bear to   ̘ਞᝈٙή˙fҢҎૐҢϞһ
        look. But I barely have time to get  εٙࣛගdவᅵҢఱ̙˸ίජ
         ̍ܝdҢԐආəཥ૒f
        nervous before we complete our   ׼ʆ਷࢕ʮ෤਄Бdภ࠱᝙ԓ
             ຅ཥ ૒੽ 5 ᅽɪ ʺՑ 89
        trip and the doors open; the ride   ̘፟٤ؚሧ঩෤dɝИ෥ʆ
         ᅽࣛdɓࡈᅰЗፃ࿇ึᜑͪЫ
        takes only 37 seconds, reaching
         ٙ஺ܓʿՉ˼୕ࠇᅰኽfא٫
        a top speed of 38 miles, or about   ɽඵֳdԨ௃һεٙց̹f
         Ң݊ᛓйɛႭٙjҢ͉࣬ʔ౲
        60 kilometers, per hour. This was   வ̙ঐ݊Ң̨̏Бٙɼජ€୞
        without question the smoothest   ᓃdШ˄ජึΎϣʺৎd૩
         ޶fШίҢᒔԸʔʿชՑၡੵ
        elevator ride I’ve ever taken. I   ೌဲਪdҢɰึΎϣΫԸf
         ʘۃdҢࡁఱʊ຾Ց༺ͦٙ
        exhale in relief and step out.
         ήdཥ૒ژ͂කəiவሲࣚ
           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   ̨༷̏ࣚʃ࿛Ӊ (3)
        mountains rising in the distance.
         ဲਪdவ݊Ңภཀ௰̻ᖢٙཥ
        The roofs of the buildings in    ν؈ЫซۜᎻ̨̏ 101 ʫཻٙइ
         ૒fҢᕦəɓɹंdԐə̈Ըf
        Liberty Square, the gleaming     ᔮʃᛐ̍dሗਕ̀౤Ϙת༺fҢ                  PHOTOGRAPHS: I-HWA CHENG
             Ңܘ৷ጳҢд؂əࢵ
        silver Taipei Dome. It’s like a   ࡁಀ༾ՑɓЗԸІዦݲٙҧቃٟ
         ᙰf੽வࡈ৷ܓdҢ̙˸޶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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