If you're in Taipei has to be there. So I made on the way there. As always on foot. How does so with large buildings that you see in the distance, there is something more than you think. Was approximately 1 hour's walk always Xinyi Road. If, moreover, to some extent a sweat running down the streets here. It is not very warm (around 20 degrees) but the humidity is also above 85%.
So after the hour arrived, and I've also been looking for the right way to the viewing platform. Was not hard to find. The crowd was not large and the price in order ($ 300). The lady I wanted to finish the ride up but because the weather is bad and it does nothing anyway. But since I'm only a few days here and I do not know if the weather gets better again, I'm still high. Only lift queue times, then anywhere in the world may become unavoidable, safety check. Then with the "fastest elevator in the world" up to the 89th Floor. No idea whether this is really the fastest. It's really fast. 62 km / h or 1001 m / min. In 30 seconds you are up. The view is not in fact intoxicating. You can not really see much. But as I said, it must have been here. One can still admire the ball, which is suspended as a counterweight to variations here. The tower is finally in a typhoon and earthquake zone.
More infos at:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=18
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100765
http://www.tfc101.com.tw/
http://www.degussa.de/de/produkte/archiv/taipei_101.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101