Taipei Travel

The place is original tap water facility for great Taipei for 100 years. The old building is really classic that you may not think it was a machinery house. In addition, the mountain in the back of the facility has plenty different kind of plants and it’s provide fresh air and nature atmosphere in this busy city.

Water museum was spearheaded by japanese architect who passed away leaving the legacy of concept design. Underground water storage tank escaped undetected during war between us and japan by camouflaging with grass. External building facade designed in roman style. Good for wedding photoshooting. Need to engage free explaination from staff to understand more. The entrance ticket was cheap at nt 50.

Thought it would be interesting to drop into this museum as we were in the area and it was only $50. As it was Winter and the water park was not open, the place was extremely quiet and we only saw a handful of other visitors. The grounds and buildings themselves were well kept and relaxing however unless you're interested in the history and mechanics of Taipei's drinking water there isn't much else to see. We decided to follow the trails to see the red building listed as 'B' on the map and then proceeded to walk down to 'C' however as we turned the corner we were met by 3 barking dogs. In our terror our instinct was to run and were chased for a few terrifying metres before our brains switched on and told us to stop, turn and back away slowly. When we finally made it to safety, we went back to the front desk to warn the staff and were told nonchalantly "Oh yeah, there are dogs up there. You can't walk down that trail. Sorry". Lucky no one got hurt! TLDR: Be careful, certain trails have packs of aggressive dogs. Staff know but don't warn or care.

Also called the Drinking Water Museum. Probably not of interest to anyone unless you are an engineer. Nice gardens and views though and very quiet location to sit away from the crowds. Pump house is a very nice example of Victoria architecture. Interesting picture of steel 2m diameter pipe broken by earthquake in 1999.

Went to the water park today. First of all the price on the website says it's $50 each but actually it's $300 each which is not that expensive still but quite a big difference. The park was pretty much empty which was nice for us but there wasn't that much to do there and loads of leaves in the pool so I guess it hadn't been cleaned in a while. Also you had to pay to rent the rubber rings which also was only for 2 hours for some reason.