Our trip to Taipei was super fast, since we only  had 30 hours on the ground to explore (and walk 40,000 steps, yes literally). It was amazing trip filled with lots of delicious food and fun people (including my mini Mike, who came along for the journey since real Mike could not join).  One of the best parts of the trip was staying in the Meeting Place Hostel , where every night was like a sleepover! Confession time; I have never stayed in a hostel before, and I was very anxious to do so, however, this place was great and I would 100% recommend it! The first adventure of the day was an MRT ride to the elephant hike. The MRT is very similar to the Hong Kong MTR, but many more seats and fun songs pla yed when the trains would come! The hike wasn't so much a hike as it was just a lot steps, and I literally thought it might kill me...but the view from the top was totally  all worth it in the end .  the tall building is the famous Taipei 101 hating my life because all t...