Saturday, October 12, 2013

101 OBSERVATORY ON 89TH FLOOR IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD

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MICHAEL MANTZ TOOK WIFE PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO AND KEE HUA CHEE TO VIEW TAIPEI CITY FROM THE 89TH FLOOR OF 101 BUILDING, THE WORLD'S 4TH TALLEST BUILDING.

Too bad the weather was unbelievably lousy and all we saw were hazy buildings and limited panoramas. Michael Mantz had to pay NT$ 500 (RM 52) per person and as we entered, our photos were taken at NT$ 89 each since we were taking the lift to the 89th floor where the Observatory was located.

Going up 89 floors took only 36 seconds and coming down 45 seconds! And my ears didn't pop and I felt nothing, as if I am inside a lift taking me to the 8th or 9th floor!

Up there we saw a series of posters showing 101 Building under various lighting conditions so everyone posed here for free!

We went to see the damper which is the heart of 101 and all tall towers as this gigantic ball allows the 1,670 feet (509 m) structure to sway when a typhoon hits, absorbing the wind and steadying the building which will then sway maybe 10 feet outwards and then repositions itself again once the hurricane winds are gone!

Getting down was via the 88th floor where we saw the damper again and then were forced to leave via the obligatory, unavoidable and expected souvenir shop. Except this was no ordinary souvenir store selling miniature, battery-powered plastic 101 buildings which light up but the world's highest jewellery store!

And the biggest too since it occupies the entire 88th floor! I have never seen such stunning red, white and cream coloured corals carved into stupendous animals, gods, flowers and jewellery!


 MICHAEL MANTZ AND PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO DID NOT ENJOY THE VIEW FROM 89TH FLOOR AS THERE WERE NO VIEWS DUE TO LOUSY WEATHER!

 KEE HUA CHEE AND PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO
 THE VIEWS ON THIS SCREEN WERE BETTER!

 THESE ARE THE BEST MY LEICA COULD TAKE

 PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO AND 101

 KEE HUA CHEE AND 101

 FIREWORKS FROM 101




 THE BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF 101 TAKEN AT VARIOUS TIMES UNDER DIFFERENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS








 MICHAEL MANTZ AND PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO









 I COULD NOT BELIEVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PAID TO POSE LIKE THIS! SO KERWEI LAIPING!

 MAD MAT SALLEH
 THESE CHINA WOMEN NOT ANY BETTER
 WHY SCARED?
 LIKE MOTEHR LIKE DAUGHTER!


THIS SOLID GOLD POT OF ORCHID COSTS US$ 4.5 MILLION WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE WRONG PRICE QUOTED TO ME BY THE SALES LADY! WHICH IDIOT WILL PAY RM 15 MILLION FOR THIS? PRETTY AS IT IS?
2 FUCKING GRASSHOPPERS...
OR ARE THEY LOCUSTS?
A PRAYING MANTIS BEGS TO EAT THEM

THIS BITTER GOURD PLANT COSTS US$2 MILLION WHICH IS ALSO RIDICULOUS BUT THE SALES LADY INSISTS THAT IS THE PRICE AS I THOUGHT SHE MEANT US$ 200,000


I LOVE THIS JADE LOTUS LEAF BOWL WITH WATER LILIES
NICE FROGGY




US$ 4.5 MILLION ORCHID!!! SOMETHING WRONG HERE
I THOUGHT IT WAS US$ 450,000 OR MAYBE US$ 45,000 WHICH IS MORE LIKE IT OR EVEN US$ 4,500 BUT SHE SAID US$ 4.5 MILLION
RED CORAL PEACOCK IN WORLD'S HIGHEST CORAL AND GEMS STORE














THE DAMPER WHICH ALLOWS 101 T0 SWAY WHEN HIT BY GALES, HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS














































TOLD YOU WORLD'S HIGHEST GEM STORE!

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