We made the journey from Kenting back up the west coast to Taipei. About 2 hours on the bus to Kaohsiung and then a very fast and comfortable hour and a half on a fast train to Taipei. Train travel is definitely elite.
Nathan still wasn't feeling a hundred percent, so it was a pretty chill couple of days with a little bit of city exploration, food, hanging out in bookstores/libraries, and a trip to the museum. Vela's food highlights were a smoked goose lunch, Japanese bbq dinner with Wagyu beef, and a pork & chicken kidney dish (Nathan still not eating much).
The museum held a few neat treasures, including some intricate Jade/red coral pieces, a stone polished and carved to look like a piece of meat, and another piece of Jade carved to look like Chinese cabbage. One of the more exceptional items was a piece of ivory that had been carved with 18 spheres inside of each other - mind blowing to imagine the time and skill required. Well worth a look.
Next stop is back to mainland China before we take our last flight back to NZ.Read more
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TaiwanLingtou25°6’0” N 121°32’55” E