Name: Taiwan 2014: Day 12 - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall And Taipei 101 Revisited
Uploaded: 2014-06-29T12:06:09.000Z
Duration: 9 min 45 s
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Hey guys! I'm at the Taipei Main train station picking up Jenny's parents,

and, uh, wow, look at this place! It's huge!

Hey guys! So we're on our way to the Chiang   Kai-shek Memorial Hall, and, uh, we took the subway

and we got off at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall   Station, and this is the exit to the station.

Like, it already looks like the hall. It's pretty nuts.

So, and we just turned the corner and, like, it's right   there. We're just right next to it. It's pretty cool.

So, yup. It's just right here. Let me turn around, and we'll see it.

Wow! Okay. So apparently, this thing here... is not even the real thing.

That's just the National Theatre, or something. The *true* memorial hall is over there.

So there's the hall... That's the main... the main hall.

And then there's this big ol' arch... way... thing.

It's just... nuts. This place is so cool.

Oh my gosh. Okay, apparently I was wrong.

So that thing's the theatre... this is the   gate... that is the music hall... Okay?

That over there is the real thing. This thing, over there.

And, it looks far from here because, uh... Or it looks   small from here because the courtyard thing is huge,

Are you effing kidding me right now? Look how big this is.

This place is hu-mon-gous. Like, okay, I finally walked all that whole plaza, and

this is the memorial hall. Like, huge. Huge!

Ugh, goin' up the steps... You can actually see   a pretty good view of the plaza there.

Wow! So. Uh, now we're leaving the Chiang   Kai-shek Memorial Hall. It was pretty awesome.

There was that massive statue of Chiang Kai-shek in there, and, uh,

So there's always these honor guards that are sort of guarding the statue.

There were also some, uh, yesterday, at the, uh...   at the, uh, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall,

so we got to see, uhm, the changing of the   guard there too. So that was pretty cool.

There's also, like, a whole museum and art   gallery in there, which is pretty cool.

So, yea. It was a lot of fun. Uh. Leaving now.

I guess we're going to the first floor to get some food   and also go to the gift shop, cuz, you know.

Every tourist... Every tourist trap has a gift shop,   and we gotta go shopping all the time.

But yea, this is pretty awesome, like, I'm super loving   this whole thing. So. Yea. It's pretty cool.

Also, uh, Chiang Kai-shek, his last name, uh, small tidbit.

Uhm, his last name is my last name, uh, even   though we're not related at all. But anyway.

[Eerie futuristic music] [Announcer speaking in different languages]

David: Yea it's a glass elevator. Oh my God. My ears are popping.

David: It went up to like, 400 something meters per minute.

Jenny: How do you ride this every day? David: Seriously. Holy crap that was fast.

Hey guys! So, I'm at the top of the observation tower of Taipei 101.

So, we took up the, uh, the elevator up to the 89th floor.

And... It's actually the fast... world's fastest elevator, which is pretty cool,

it's like 1010 meters, uh, per, I don't know, second or something? [Completely wrong]

So, I'm up on the observation deck, and   the visibility is kind of sucky today,

cuz it was sort of rainy and cloudy and stuff,   but you can kinda still see some stuff here.

Uhm, I don't know, it's a little... it's a bunch of shops   and stuff. Uh, and a little bit of, like, museumy things.

But, yea, I don't know. It's pretty cool to be at the top of what   used to be the world's tallest building, for a little while at least.

Anyway, uh, yup, I'm going to go catch up with my, uh,   family over there, so I'll talk to you guys later!

Mikey: It's so cool. It's like an animated movie thing of what   the view looks like at all times of the day!

David: It's only to the east though. Mikey: That's okay, it's still cool.

This is the Taipei 101 mascot, baby Damper!

Hey guys! So, there's this outdoor observatory on the 91st floor.

And you can't really see anything, but, uh, at least we're here. Heh. So.

*Small grunt* There. The very very top of the tower.

Hey guys! So, there's this big ball here in the middle. Whoa...

And, uh... Wait, Dave, what does... what does the ball do again?

David: It prevents the... building from swaying during earthquakes.

Mikey: Oh. How does it... how does it do that?

David: By centrifugal... I don't know. *Laughs*

Mikey: *Laughs* Anyway, yea, it's cool. This ball, like,   makes sure that the, the building doesn't sway,

based on the, uh... because of earthquakes and stuff.

And the little Damper baby guy... Uh, oh, I   don't think you can see that, but anyway.

The little... The little Damper baby guys are modeled   after that big ball. So that's pretty cool!

Look! That's how the damper was swaying during the typhoon!

That's... that's the little baby damper, and this is the big damper! *Laughs*