Grant's Flag Tour

Our last stop in Taiwan was Taichung and I took over the tour duties. Our first stop was Anime lane, back streets painted with a variety of different murals. This was followed by visiting a nearby local market, Taichung 5th Market which had local produce, butchers and a wide variety of amazing street food and endless 2nd hand clothing stores which is an big thing in Taiwan and also Japan. I think Kate could have spent hours here. It is probably the only shopping that I can get involved in because you don't know what you are going to find, bit of an apparel treasure hunt. From here it was a quick stop off at a massive Banyan Tree, probably the coolest tree I have ever seen before heading to the Taichung Natrual History museum and Science centre. Super impressive and huge museum that is laid out telling the story of evolution. The kids found it fascinating, including laughing about how closely I looked like the evolution of man, Australopithecus. It was also our last opportunity to experience the street food of Taiwan's night markets.Read more