Out and about in Kaohsiung
2 April 2011
Its quite hot here, 28C, the streets are very wide and neat, and its a long way between subway stations. Time to find where the people are at. I d....
Bullet train to Kaohsiung
2 April 2011
Despite having been to Japan, I have never been on a bullet train. I have been on the Eurostar, but I believe the train that runs the full length ....
Shilin Night Market
1 April 2011
This evening I went to the biggest market there is, possibly anywhere. Its specialty is street food, apparently snake soup is available as well as....
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,....