Today we left the ship with all our luggage. We have three very large bags being shipped home by Luggage Forward and then each of us has 4 more bags(2 checked and 2 carry on) to take with us! The carry on bags are very, very heavy with all our electronics, important stuff and a set of clothes in case our luggage gets lost.
It took a bit to find the luggage forward person but we finally found them and off went our three very large bags.
Our flight to Perth leaves in the afternoon and we had to leave our ship cabin at 8am and leave the ship at 8:30am so we arranged a car, driver and guide to show us Taipei for a half day. We really wanted to see the National Palace Museum because that’s where all the Forbidden City treasures were sent. (When we were at the Forbidden city, the guide explained that we couldn’t see any treasures because they were sent to Taiwan for safe keeping.). We didn’t get to see it because all the museums are closed on Mondays.
Instead we visited the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, the Lungshan temple and the garden in the Shilin Residence Park.
