Taiwan Travel Blogs - Page 3

I like a port town. Well, when I had worked at a export section, I often used to  type 'Kaohsiung' as one of our destinations. So I've wanted to see 'Kaohsiung' with my own eyes. Taiwan High Speed Rail started on January 5, 2007, so we used a sightseeing bus as a means of transportation f…

You eat on a bathtub, sit on your favorite toilet bowl.... and food served in mini toilets.

My first trip to Taiwan was back in October of 2006. I went there with two other friends. We stayed at the Westin Hotel in Taipei which is situated in the "financial, commercial and entertainment district of Taipei City’s Nanking East Road." It was a short walk to the metro, also known as the MRT…

let's look at my Tips for Travelers visiting:    1.      Visit Taiwan as part of a broader Far East Trip..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /> ·        Although this may not be the most popular tip with Taiwanese people, I would rec…

As if everything was already tailored for us, during our stay in Taipei, one of my brother and my favorite TW pop star Fish Leung has a promotional outdoor concert. I have no idea how these things work, I guess she sings her new songs and people buy her album? It took a while to find out that if I …

It's our first visit with our relatives since getting married in June.

Our ship docked in Keelung, about 10 miles north of the capital city of Taipei. Brian and I jumped on the train to Taipei and spent the day navigating from one end of town to another via the train and our feet. Our favorite part of the MRT in Taipei were the plastic tokens that served as tickets an…

The next day, Dad's friend and his wife took us to the Ju Ming Museum of Art and a seaside with strange rocks a little north of Taipei. We ended the day at a park back in the city and ate dinner with many of Dad's architect/contractor/other friends.

My 6-year run of working experience in East Asia (South Korea & Japan) alongside visits to Hong Kong and Shanghai quite literally begged the inclusion of a trip to Taiwan, the missing link, as well as an East Asian nation which possibly does not get a large enough share of the 'essence of the E…

  China Airlines Flight 07, a Boeing 747, took just over fourteen hours to get from Los Angeles to Taipei. I must have dozed on and off since the dreaded flight passed surprisingly fast. Daylight was just breaking at our 6:00 a.m. arrival. My original ticket, purchased back in May, showed a t…

A trip within a trip within a trip! A detour via Hong Kong & Macau on my way to New Zealand & Australia. A chance to see more of Asia and perhaps experience a different side to my Asian experience tour :)

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…

Today we had to say goodbye to Taipei our flight was leaving pretty early so we had to be at the airport by 10.00am I was a little nervous that we would not make it in time so I booked the taxi for 9.00am in case it came late or got lost I wanted to allow for any mishaps that may happen. We had so…

These are just some of my favorite photos from the first leg of my world tour. Starting off with Japan, then Taiwan, Korea & China. This blog chronicles my travels over the first part of my adventure. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do. :D

Maolin is so fuckin' awesome!!