Taiwan Travel Blogs - Page 8

The tallest building in the world, "Taipei 101" opends to all tourists since 2005. It's a winderful experience. You can find a program introducing the construction and technology of Taipei 101 in Discovery chanel.

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…

The Orchid Islad is a volcanic island that lies near the eastern shore of Taiwan. Pupulated by aboriginal group Yami, who came to the island from Philippines about 800 years ago. This place stands apart from modern civilazation, but it's full of kindsness of local people, it's a part of the world with uniquely beautiful natural scenes.. it's an unforgettable place.

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THANK YOU to everyone who sends me postcards and help make my collection grow! I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH! If you sent me a postcard and you don't see it in this blog, it means it's still on its way or I never received it because it got lost or someone stole it. Yeah, it happens.

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…

Kaoshiung Discharge:I saw the city on the way in , slept for 4hours and woke up by someone calling me that we where leaving and my services was needed. So the stay in Kaoshiung was a very brief one without even the change to go ashore and catch a beer.

I promised myself that I should travel at least one new country each year. I went Japan for twice visit Yoko and my brother this year. I decided to travel Singarpre for new year, which is a new country for me.. Finally, I visited Singapore. It was a great trip.. meeting old friends, enjoying the fantastic food and have a little tourist sightseeing such as the song of sea.. haha.. I am a tourist, after all.. I did have a great time here. Thanks for Shasta and CK..

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…

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It was raining a little and we still took the bus to this place. It displays the different miniatures of what other countries boast :) I was very happy to be beside this leaning tower but ain't I too big for this? I looked like a giant.. then we took the roller coaster and surely we got wet because…

i've uploaded the pictures and caption to myspace as it is faster to upload all pictures there. go to " http://myspace.com/vanessapoh " then click on "pics" underneath my profile picture. choose the taiwan album. some tips for taiwan: do not throw toilet tissue inside the toilet bowl, throw it …

Nous sommes de retour a Taichung. Et nous sommes chanceux, nous avons des roues! Merci les amis! Hier on a fait de petites commissions electroniques et nous sommes parti avec Hugo et sa super moto (Dan je vais te montrer si j'ai une pix) pour Sun Moon Lake dans les montagnes avoisinantes. Le …