Zoos, Gondolas and Lingerie
1 April 2011
There will be a lot of pictures today. This morning I decided to head out to another of Taipeis main attractions, the zoo and Maokong Gondala com....
Taiwanese people hate fancy shops
31 March 2011
Tonight I set off into the fancy shopping district. Despite every little side alley and night market being chock full of people, the fancy shoppin....
The flower fair and Danshui
31 March 2011
Whilst i have been in Taipei, all you see advertised, absolutely everywhere, is the Floral Expo. Now you would expect this to go for a weekend, bu....
Ximen
30 March 2011
This evening I set out from the hotel just before dusk and headed south. I wanted to get to the area known as Ximen, which is apparently the 'yout....
Taipei 101
30 March 2011
Today is both an introduction to Taipei, and a visit to Taipei 101, so my title is damn clever. First impressions of Taipei are great, and during....
Taiwan, eventually I got here
29 March 2011
The flight to Taipei was very short, on a Boeing 777. The seats were huge in economy. The entire east coast of Taiwan seems to be continuous city,....
I missed a flight, sort of!
29 March 2011
I spent about 8 hours in Hong Kong airport today. This morning I left the city around 9, headed to the in town check in, dropped off my bag and ca....
My favourite place in the world
29 March 2011
Woke up early again to find my legs were indeed tired from all the walking yesterday. This is a good thing, because my feet are fine, readers of m....
Macau
28 March 2011
As mentioned above, the plan this afternoon was to go to Macau, and thats exactly what I did. On the way I had sushi for lunch, from Genki Sushi, ....