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    • Day 62

      Off to New Zealand

      November 30, 2019 in Taiwan ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

      Up for a nice breakfast of salad, sausage, egg and hash brown. They were playing christmas music, so I suppose that made it our Christmas day meal. No where near as full or pissed as usual for Christmas.
      We slimmed down our packs by handing a few Kg to Curly to take home.
      Started our Teddy tour with a car park walk, followed by another car park we couldn't even enter to get access to do a walk. We took the navigational reigns off him and went along to a small pond with a 3 min walking route. Lovely.
      We wanted to get a bit closer to the airport so started the stressful drive through the city. Too many bikes and merging lorries for my liking!
      Got to a rotating restaurant for lunch over looking the beach. Had some chinese tasting food, very nice. Made us all feel pretty dizzy, even though it was only rotating at 1 RPH.
      Made it back to the airport to handover the hire car.
      Few beers with the family to get rid of some coins and we were off to New Zealand!
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    • Day 57

      Leaving Lambai Island

      November 25, 2019 in Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Another breakfast of chips but this time with an eggy bread sandwich - unsure of the filling. Then time to check out of the Campzone.
      Before heading to the ferry, we managed to sneak in a final attraction on the island, A boar trench. Then we took the scenic route to the Bike Rental and returned the bikes. Walked the short distance to the ferry terminal and realised there was an hour wait for the next ferry back to the mainland. Just enough time to squeeze in another quick snorkel at the beach next to the port.
      Then a speedy and relatively smooth crossing. Before picking the car up from the 24hr car park we wandered through a cool fish market, with all sorts of fresh and dried fish on offer.
      Finally back at the car and made a plan to head South! Found a place to stay a few towns away from the main tourist area. Checked into our accommodation which was all white and blue - very Mediterranean. Then got some lunch from the 7/11 and headed to the beach. Tried the famous bubble tea which was a bit weird. It turned out to be difficult to find a sheltered spot and we started to get sand blasted. So decided to drive to a nearby recommended deer park. Had a walk around the area and through the minor and major gorge and got a good view of the coast.
      On the way back we stopped for dinner at Smokey Joe’s, a chain of Asian tex-mex restaurants. Very tasty and a good atmosphere.
      Then back to the room for a beer and film! Great to have a comfy sofa in the room.
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    • Day 58

      The Southern most point of Taiwan

      November 26, 2019 in Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Woke up and as breakfast wasn’t included we got a selection of fruit and yogurt from 7/11 - our go to shop! Much healthier than our last few days breakfast.
      Decided to just head off and stop at any attractions along the way with no real plan and no end destination for now.
      First stop - the southern most point of Taiwan and a short walk to a viewing area.
      Second stop - lunch. A local restaurant with tasty rice, noodles, soup and Rog Pretty much had a plate of onions! Curly was adventurous and tried an asparagus juice - not as tasty as the food.
      Third stop - very much off the beaten track with Curly following a well mapped tip to a wild hot spring. We scrambled over some rocks and to the edge of the river to find a pool of hot water!
      Fourth stop - a random hotel with a hot spring. A bit of an eye sore from the outside but nice enough on the inside - especially for the price 8 quid a room. A quick dip in the hot spring and then to a traditional Aboriginal restaurant to try a selection of tasty meals.
      Before heading back to the room a quick stop off at 7/11 to pick up some post dinner sweet treats and tasty wine. Louis nearly stood on a snake on the way home - checked the picture online and turns out it was quite a dangerous one!
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    • Day 60

      Birthday celebrations and a gorge

      November 28, 2019 in Taiwan ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Woke up early to make sure we could get to the Taroko Gorge and access the hikes. Started with some presents for Rog and then a birthday breakfast on the beach!
      Checked out the tourist information centre to find out which walks would be possible. Turns out there were some nice trails with parking so we decided to start with them. Baiyang trail took us through the gorge with great views, dark tunnels and ending up at a water curtain where you could walk through some of the waterfall. Lots of Asian tourists offered us their poncho’s - even though we already had our waterproofs we put on the extra layer.
      Found a spot for a birthday picnic and a rest.
      Then attempted to find a wild hot spring - turned out to be quite a dangerous route down, which had been closed off to the public and we decided it was too risky so were sensible and gave it a miss.
      Instead found a short walk to see more of the Gorge and an opportunity to take some drone footage.
      As it was getting dark we drove back to our accommodation and went to the beach for birthday drinks and nibbles. Then back to the bar for more pizza, wine and beer!
      We then finished the night with drinks, cards and birthday cake on the terrace outside our rooms. Quite a lot of wine was consumed for the birthday celebrations.
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    • Day 170

      Taipei, et sa nature

      March 25, 2020 in Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Un petit coucou depuis Taïwan, en espérant que tout le monde va bien en France malgré le confinement.. On pense fort à vous. ❤️
      Ici la vie continue, pas vraiment comme si de rien n'était puisque tout le monde a un masque et qu'il y a du désinfectant partout ! Mais presque. En tout cas, pas de confinement (pour le moment)🤞
      La crise est vraiment suivie de près ici, à chaque entrée dans un restau on se fait désinfecter les mains, et prise de température ! 😷

      On évite les foules quand même, et on fait des activités à l'extérieur. Histoire de ne pas prendre trop de risque ! Et la bonne nouvelle, c'est qu'à Taipei, il y a plein d'activités extérieures ☺️. Beaucoup de nature, de parcs, de rando. Même la montagne et la mer sont accessibles en métro 🤩
      On a pas encore tout fait, puisqu'on se limite quand même. Mais voilà un petit aperçu de la nature ici, en pleine ville 🏞️🌼
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    • Day 186

      Repos sur la côte est

      April 10, 2020 in Taiwan ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Nous continuons notre petit voyage dans Taïwan, et nous descendons la côte est. C'est assez sauvage, avec la montagne en fond et les plages de galets ! Le temps est souvent nuageux voir bien pluvieux parfois... Mais on ne se plaint pas !

      On retrouve des français qui louent une maison dans un petit village sur la côte, vers Dulan. Nous voilà donc en coloc pour une semaine à 6 ! Ça fait beaucoup de bien de passer des journées et soirées tranquilles tous ensemble, à faire des apéros et des barbecues sur la terrasse. 😎 On mange super bien :)
      Seul point négatif, le coq qui hurle toute la nuit entre 2h et 6h, voir 8h 🥴🐓
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    • Day 227

      La remontée dans l'ouest !

      May 21, 2020 in Taiwan ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

      Malgré les grosses pluies, nous continuons d'avancer dans l'ouest de Taïwan pour finir notre grande boucle ☔⛈️
      L'avantage de ces pluies, c'est que ça nous permet d'utiliser nos différents sacs et vestes antipluies, qui n'avaient pas été très utile jusque là 😉

      Voilà donc nos derniers stops de la côte ouest, après Tainan: Chiayi et Taichung
      Chiayi est une petite ville étape pour aller dans le parc national d'Alishan. Une ville plutôt connu pour la nourriture ici aussi 🍜
      Après un brunch fluffy pancake (🥞), nous passons entre le gouttes pour aller voir le village de Hinoki : une sorte de petit village japonnais avec des cafés et des boutiques !

      Taichung, par contre, est une des grandes villes de Taïwan et représente plutôt le côté industriel du pays. Il y a malgré tout des petits trésors, comme l'arrêt de bus Totoro ☺️
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    • Day 6

      Chiayi

      December 1, 2022 in Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Petit passage par Chiayi pour récupérer notre scooter! À Taïwan, il faut un permis de conduire international pour louer une voiture ou autre. Évidemment nous avons fait la demande en France, beaucoup trop tard. Mais Flo les bons plans a trouvé cette petite pépite.. en route !Read more

    • Day 23

      Shanhua

      December 18, 2022 in Taiwan ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      En direction de Alishan, se retrouver sous une pluie incessante, ne plus pouvoir avancer, ne plus avoir de feux sur le scooter + avoir le pneu arrière complètement lisse tout en ayant crevé déjà deux fois, ne pas trouver d’hôtel et se retrouver à dormir à la laverie… mais il fait très froid à la laverie alors nuit blanche au 7eleven 🤣Read more

    • Day 24

      Meishan

      December 19, 2022 in Taiwan ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

      Une arrivée glaciale et tardive mais accueillis à notre maison d’hôte comme des rois, avec un repas fabuleux et.. un lit avec matelas chauffant 🤣
      Merveilleuse cabane perchée au milieu des plantations de thé et palmiers où nous décidons de rester deux nuits pour explorer au mieux Meishan et ses environs.Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Taiwan, 타이완 성, 臺灣省 or 台灣省

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