Taipei Travel Blogs - Page 8

The following four hour flight passed uneventfully; i managed to sleep almost the entire duration due to pure boredom • my flight entertainment system hadn’t been working since London so there was no distraction from films or TV programmes that you normally have to keep your mind occupied. …

My visit to Taiwan during the summer of 2005

Well I figure that I have been awake for close to 24 hours. I didn't luck out with a bulkhead seat like I got when I flew to Taiwan last year. So I got basically no sleep on this whole long flight process from Portland to Taipei. Heidi and I meet are parents at the airport and we drove to Taichu…

12 noon, Taoyuen Airport    The name of the restaurant that Naomi picked escapes my memory, but the menu had pictures of everything, so I could point to what I wanted, even though I had no clue what was inside the dumpling.  We got many kinds to share at the table.  The cra…

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Starting point: Taipei City Hall

First stop after dropping off our stuff at Taipei Hostel was to hit Shilin Night Market. Never have dinner in Taipei, just hop on the metro in any direction, and you are bound to hit a night market. Great food, seafood, pastries, drinks, and the best thing is everything is so cheap when you can div…

Taipei was one amazingly modern and friendly city to spend time in. we stayed at a huge hotel just next to Taipei 101, and we were there for the category 4 typhoon in 2005... we watched Catrina on TV hit the states and then watched the same cat come towards us. The difference, don't be foole…

I went to Taiwan and China.

Taipei surprised me. I had expected it to be similar to the few places that I have been in China. In fact it was clean, modern, and overall a very pleasant place. Taipei 101, the world’s second tallest building, towers over the city with its stacked teacup design improbably placed among the e…

Nous avons quitter Taichung Mardi matin. Hier, une derniere ride de scooter a travers la ville histoire de terminer "Memory lane" et de montrer a Isa ou je travaillais,Tunghai,un autre coin de Taichung... Nous avons souper en gang dans un "beer house". Tout le monde etaient la malg…

08 Taiwan National Day - Flag raising - Taiwan ppl (and yes so does the Taipei City governor) doing warm up during a mini marathon event in celebrating the big day! - Colouful float - and not to miss the Taoist religious ceremony for good