Waiting for the crack of dawn

4.30am wake-up call this morning so we can catch the 5.30am train to Zhushan station, then a short, steep uphill walk to "Ogasawara Mountain Sun-rising Watchtower", the best place in the area to seeЧитать далее
4.30am wake-up call this morning so we can catch the 5.30am train to Zhushan station, then a short, steep uphill walk to "Ogasawara Mountain Sun-rising Watchtower", the best place in the area to seeЧитать далее
Today's lunch special was rice dumplings in Zhongpu - peanut, chestnut and radish flavours for mains, and a sticky black rice variety for dessert.
Next stop was the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum on theЧитать далее
Oliver and I went for a quick walk after breakfast, before Steven picked us up at 9am.
We detoured via the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas (in the dragon, out the Tiger!), near the old town wall ofЧитать далее
We left Taitung at our regular 9am after a spectacular breakfast at the Sheraton buffet. First stop was the Museum of Prehistory, a very detailed exhibition of Taiwanese history and culture from theЧитать далее
This is the first time in Taiwan that we've spent two nights in the same hotel, so it was a pleasure not to pack bags this morning. Our driver suggested switching the next two days around to avoid theЧитать далее
We began the day visiting Liyu Lake, for a paddle boat ride and visiting a Japanese temple, both on the outskirts of Hualien. Then we began the journey to Taipei.
There's only one road from HualienЧитать далее
Our last day in Taipei together, so we made an early start (9am is early for Taiwan - nothing usually opens until 11am, but then goes late into the night). We booked online last night to visit TaipeiЧитать далее
Late start and quiet day, we're both feeling a bit under the weather with head colds, so we took a leisurely walk toward Zhongshan Station, one stop up the red line.
We first had to negotiate ourЧитать далее
We set our sights on a series of caches in the Erchong Floodway today, which contains the longest bike track in Taiwan (20km), as well as 68 sports grounds (we saw 2 baseball fields and multipleЧитать далее
Another MRT ride and walk around the Zhongzheng District, home of the Chiang Ki-shek Memorial Hall (dedicated to the former President/dictator of Taiwan... opinion depends who you talk to), theЧитать далее