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....
Dry trip to station
12 March 2017
Eating pasta in Hualien
Tomorrow I am moving further down the coast, this time to Taitung, which is what maps say, but is actually Taidong, because somehow tung and dong ....
Cloudview
12 March 2017
Hiking up Zuocang in Hualien
For the last 3 days I have been looking at the mountain towering over the city of Hualien. So today despite it being covered in cloud, I decided t....
Department store rain shelter
11 March 2017
The Hualien Far Eastern department store
Imagine my lack of surprise when this evening I stepped out of my hotel room to find it was raining. It is not really a problem at night, and it d....