Around Taipei, Taipei 2014

Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei 2014

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is a fun way to spend an afternoon in Taipei. It's not a particularly big museum which means museum fatigue is less likely to happen, crowds are spread across the different rooms and it never felt crowded or difficult to view the artworks on display. While the exhibitions are contemporary in nature, I thought they were shown in an accessible manner with each individual artwork able to stand alone and entertain the viewer.

On weekends, you will probably find a plethora of activities happening around MOCA. When I visited, there was a flea market happening and it was fun to browse the stalls set up mostly by students selling their wares and second-hand clothes.

Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei 2014

The Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall is an interesting piece of architecture. According to exhibitions within the hall, architects were directly inspired by a number of iconic buildings, the most obvious of which is the Tian Tan (in Beijing). As a memorial to Chiang Kai Shek, there was a comprehensive exhibition detailing his life and times, a little corny at times with the food reproductions of what his family ate but it did help as an introduction to the man.

Memorial Hall Square, Taipei 2014

Twilight in Hanoi, Hanoi 2013

After the heavy rains of the past few days, we were rewarded with a very golden hour in the Old Quarter on our last night.