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After a week at the Howard Hotel, we moved into our flat in Shida Road, a busy area near the main campus of the National Normal University, with many shops, a night market and lots of restaurants at prices suitable for students. |
 Our flat in Shida Rd is on the corner, one floor above road-level. |
 Our balcony with its outdoor washing machine. Click here to see a panorama to the right of this view. |
 The flat is large inside. This is half the living room on the day we arrived. |
 ... and this is the other half. |
 The kitchen (looking out to Shida Rd). |
 ... bathroom ... |
 The engine room, where the brain work is done ... |
 ... and half of the bedroom. |
 Looking across Shida Road down one of its many alleys. |
 Shida Rd on a quiet Sunday afternoon. A hundred yards down this road and turn left for the RMT (Rapid Mass Transport). |
 Sue uses the ticket machine in the underground to get a ticket to the end of the line (Tamshui, by the sea!) |
 It is really quite easy. Find the station, 1: press the button for the price. 2: put the money in the slot (change is given). 3: get the ticket. |
 On the way to Tamshui. |
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 Tamshui estuary from the railway. |
 Relaxing on the front. |
 Jannik, who offered to take a photo. |
 This photo courtesy of Jannik. |
 Holiday maker, Sue, on the prom. |
 The harbour from the MacDonalds Restaurant. |
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 Sue in the crowded main street. |
 where everyone is shopping on a Sunday. |
 Back at the station. |
 On the way back to the centre. |
 In the middle of Taipei, there are still areas used for cultivation owned by the locals. |
 This lady tends her vegetables in the shadow of a skyscraper. Perhaps tomorrow this land will be sold for building and the owner will be rich! |
 Yes, I did eventually see Harry Potter II in English with Chinese subtitles. |
 Back at Shida Road. |