Razor wire defeat
17 March 2017
Fa-shing buddhist temple and lots of monkeys
Kaohsiung has a city mountain. It is called either longevity mountain, or monkey mountain. Whilst as you will see monkey mountain is apt, I think ....
Bigger and brighter
16 March 2017
The bright lights and big department stores of Kaohsiung
I came to Kaohsiung in early 2011, 6 years ago which is quite scary to think about because I thought it was 3 years ago. I just reviewed my photos....
Animal kingdom
16 March 2017
Getting from Taitung to Kaohsiung by train
Now I am in Kaohsiung, better spelt as GaoXiong. To get here I took a train across and mainly under many mountains, however my train did not depar....
Lost in the swamp at night
15 March 2017
Roaming around the parks of Taitung at night
This afternoon I was back a bit earlier than normal from my Museum run, so I decided to head out earlier for dinner, via a tour of the swamp near ....
Museum run
15 March 2017
Visting the national museum of pre history
Because the bus service is so inconvenient, the government of Taitung has decided to build a world class museum nowhere near any bus at all! In fa....
Full of cake
14 March 2017
Eating Shabu Shabu in Taitung
Fast forward towards the end of the evening, and imagine my surprise when my phone rings, my phone with a Taiwanese SIM card in it, I dont even kn....
Rocky start
14 March 2017
Climbing on rocks at Xiaoyeliu
Before anything else, today I caused a breakfast incident. My hotel includes breakfast, they generally do in Taiwan, and since it seemed to be a r....
Footpath observance
13 March 2017
Railway art park in Taitung
Taitung not only has footpaths, you can walk on them. People seem to observe the general rule that a footpath exists for people to walk along, and....
Far from station
13 March 2017
Travelling by train from Hualien to Taitung
Now I am in Taitung or Taidong or Tai(random) and thats the last time I do that. The train station is far from the city, so very very far, 90 minu....