Grand Hyatt Taipei

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... open! We finally landed in Taipei at 3:30 and were greeted by rain. Rain, and a Mercedes which took us to the Grand Hyatt Taipei. After checking in we thought we would explore as much as we could (anything within a two block radius of our hotel). ...

... , was visible in the distance, partially shrouded by cloud and shadowed by the setting sun. My hotel, the huge (800+ rooms) Grand Hyatt, was situated right in the middle of Xinyi, a very modern (wide boulevards, tall towers, taxis with TVs inside) ...

... helped replenish my fading energy a little. Check on the 22nd floor was a breeze and I have to admit that staying at the Grand Hyatt was a smart move a little luxury and spoiling myself is needed. So after lobbing the bags down I had to make an important ...

... plus a couple of kitsch little funny photo shops and some jewellery stores. There is almost 360 degree views from up here and Taipei spreads out below you.  Floor 88 is where you find the magic golden wind dampener and it looks like a giant golden ...

On day 3, Taipei was a little sad to see us leave, as our last day was rainy and chilly. This was nothing that a jacket and umbrella couldn't conquer, so we started the day touring our nephew's neighborhood. We saw a lovely area near the school that he ...

... was a gloomy, cold and wet day akin to a fall day in Seattle, but we were undeterred. We walked around with our Grand Hyatt labeled umbrellas trying to blend into the local scene and found the most excellent mall food court at the tallest building in the ...

... or four sites but really only managed a couple as I got very distracted at the two sites I got to. So much choice in Taipei and only a little time. First things first was I got a taxi to the main train station to organise my tickets to Taichung and check ...

... at a really nice restaurant in each country that we visit. For Peter's birthday, we ate at the Grand Cafe at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Jin Mao Tower (currently the 4th tallest building holding the highest hotel in the world). I made a reservation for a ...

... Singaporean:  working at a bank, driving a BMW, driving in Singapore at all.  We met in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt, the poshest place I’ve been in a long time and then proceeded to drive out to Robertson Quay, a new development of sleek ...

... from here! There's another great view here, but now on the inside, because here you can look down to the lobby of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 152 meters lower (floors 54 to 87): you can fit the highest building in the Netherlands in that lobby! What could ...

... and rejuvenated... even if I am a peeling lobster. I changed my flight because I would have had a 30-hour layover in Taipei, so I even squeezed in an extra day in Bali! Plus, the airline took responsibility for the long layover, and didn't charge me ...

... in fine here at the Novotel and have to say the Privilege Club is perhaps not as well appointed beverage ways as the Grand Club at the Hyatt but they were interested in what I had to say on the differences in relation to both hotels. While checking in I ...

... things and keep typing without really looking at what I'm typing. He's a nice guy. When we met up with him at the airport in Taipei, he was concerned about how sick I was. He also asks me every so often how I'm feeling and if I've eaten my medicine. ...