The impressive Liberty Square
We end the day exploring the immense Liberty Square and the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall before walking back to the hotel through multiple parks
Da’an Park, a busy city park
We start the afternoon part of our Taipei visit with Da’an park a major local park where we are planing to look for some rare local birds
Looking for birds in the Wild Duck Natural Park
Our first birding stop of our trip is the Wild Duck Nature Park with multiple interesting birds including our first Taiwan Barbet
Beautiful Lungshan Temple and area
Our first stop is the impressive historical Lungshan Temple and the surrounding area full of shops and restaurants including a Michelin rated one
Arriving in Taiwan at a special hotel
Like every trip to Asia our trip to Taiwan starts with a long flight to Taipei where we stay in a luxury hotel enjoying the private lounge and great views
A return to the Pima Air & Space Museum
With our relative that is excited about airplanes we decide on a day trip to Tucson to see the major airplane museum we visited not long ago
Our first time at the Mesa Air Force Museum
Our visiting relative really likes planes so we visit for the first the interesting and relatively small Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum
Short exploration of State Trust Land
With our relatives that are visiting for a week we explore a small area of State Trust Land so they can see cacti and other desert flora
Bonsai, wolves and wrens
This day we start with breakfast at the Wren and Wolf before spending a couple hours at the bonsai exhibit at the Japanese Garden and ending at the Phoenix library
Finding the hummingbird caches
Exploring other State Trust Land areas we visit a series of hummingbird caches that we always wanted to visit and are surprised at the number of homeless encampments