I flew from Vietnam to the city of Taipei,
then I bussed to the city—what a day.

The pedestrian streets of Ximending were interesting,
and the North Gate was illuminating.

The Huashan 1914 Creative Park was supposed to be neat,
but I found it to be lacking and a bit downbeat.

Taipei 101 is one of the coolest looking skyscrapers, but after some thought,
I decided not to go up because it simply costs a lot.

I was content with just looking from the outside at its might,
And I got a nice view from Mount Elephant at night.

A lot of people care about not getting a tan and want to remain white,
and I even found an umbrella for a car, which was quite the sight!

When the ROC fled China and the communists and went to Taiwan,
they brought lots of gold and artifacts when they moved on.

The National Palace Museum houses tons of ancient Chinese artifacts most rare,
but I unfortunately never ended up making it there.

I had wanted to visit some nature and go hiking in Yushan National Park,
but to do so one needs many permissions truly stark.

Sometimes for easy hikes you only need an easily obtained police permit,
and sometimes an additional Park Permit, so you have to commit.

The waiting list for the Jade Mountain permit was months long,
And my trip so long did I not want to prolong.

I decided to stick to cities and I considered Taichung or Kaohsiung next,
the latter had some temples, but bus-ticket prices were a hex.

A bus to Taichung was half the cost, so it became my next stop,
so on that bus the next day did I hop.

Cartoon Alley was a pleasant stroll down memory lane,
these are the shows I grew up with in my vein.

I explored the Cultural & Creative Industries Park in downtown,
like the 1914 Creative Park, it kind of let me down.

I rented a bike to do the main activity I had planned truly wonderful,
it took an hour to reach the Rainbow village most colorful.

The National Museum of Natural Science housed something most scary,
actually the dinosaur exhibit was a place that made me most merry!

By perchance I was in the city during a festival of Jazz,
it surprises me how this city is so full of pizzazz!

I returned to the capital as my week in Taiwan drew to a close,
from there I flew to my next country as it goes.

Taiwan was pleasant, but visiting the parks is a bit too daunting,
however the cities were pleasant and left nothing wanting.

The few sights in Taichung left me after a couple of days with little to do,
no regrets, but I hesitate to recommend adding it to your queue.