16 May 2023
Outside hotel photo include
Taichung to Taipei on the HSR
Now I am back in Taipei. My last stop in Taiwan, but there will be a bonus 30 hour stop in Singapore on the way home, so for hotel photo lovers, this is the 2nd to last set of hotel photos.
Getting back to Taipei required 4 modes of transport, probably should have been 5. First I walked a couple of km to the Taichung MRT to avoid taking the bus with my bags. Then the Taichung MRT to Taichung HSR station is about 20 minutes. Then the HSR (high speed rail) from Taichung to Taipei is only 1 hour. And finally the Taipei MRT to a stop near my hotel.
I am staying in a different area from where I stayed a couple of weeks ago, but an area I did visit at that time, so maybe some photos will be of things I showed already, who knows. In other boring news I need to buy a mouse, my existing mouse seems to have been killed by my original stay in Taipei with all the radio interference, since then the bluetooth wont stay connected and I have to re pair it constantly and then the paring light just starts flashing randomly until I pull the batteries out. So I threw it out. Exciting right?
First up, a walk around Taichung. This is the art gallery. I have never been here. If it had of been open yesterday, I would have gone yesterday, but the general rule around the world for museum type places is, closed on Monday.
The walk back to check out of my hotel in Taichung of course took me past a temple with an incense burner. Nothing fancy, but I took the photo to better explain the next two photos.
The mens (Man) toilets at the temple.
And the women's (Lads).
Here is the view from the Taichung high speed rail station. I already posted a similar one when I arrived. That big tree with all the red flowers is interesting, I have seen them a few of them.
Today's train snack was sesame rice crispy things and a cup of tea.
Now, importantly, this is the outside of my hotel. Stay tuned for indoor pics. I was too early to check in of course, so first I dropped off my bags and went for a wander.
That meant I had time for a delicious, but expensive, salad lunch in a department store cafe.
Here are some nice apartments, great sky!
Now for 2 hotel shots, it has carpet, try and remain calm.
And a special treat, a photo of a hotel bathroom. It is a lot like a hotel bathroom. This hotel is alarmingly cheap. There is a story. I am paying about $70 a night, and right now that seems like the deal of the century. I booked long in advance, and the hotel has changed it's name since I booked, but the booking website sent me a message explaining that, and that my booking was still valid. Then Singapore airlines changed my flight back to Australia, so I have to leave a day earlier. So I went to cancel the booking for this hotel and make it 6 nights instead of 7, but since I booked, prices had quadrupled! So I kept my 7 night booking even though I will only use it for 6 nights. That was really long winded. Tonight I will go to a night market, and research tomorrows hike. Today would have been a great day for hiking with the clear skies, tomorrow, thundery showers.