Next town over
23 March 2017
An easy day trip to Chiayi from Tainan
Today being my last full day in Tainan, I decided to leave it and take the train to Chiayi (Jiayi), the next town over. Jiayi is where you can tak....
Surprise parade
22 March 2017
The blue cultural zone of Tainan
Before I go on, I dont understand why I cant engage with my phone in an interactive conversation which teaches me to speak Chinese. Wouldnt that b....
The museum cheap electric fans paid for
22 March 2017
A day trip to the enormous Chimei museum
Yesterday I went to the main tourist place around here. I am a tourist. So to keep the trend going, today I went to the two other highly rated tou....
Chicken tower
21 March 2017
Chihkan town in Tainan
Tonight I wandered off in the direction of the west central district with nothing in partuclar in mind other than finding dinner. Little did I kno....
Fort washing machine
21 March 2017
Day trip to Fort Zeelandia in Tainan
Today I went to the Dutch part of Japanese Taiwan, before doing my washing, we shall cover both in turn. Anping is where everyone kept coming ash....
The old and the new
20 March 2017
The old Hayashi department store
After the excitement of the last 4 days enjoying the city whos name cannot be mentioned, can Tainan possibly maintain the hype? Will it be a huge ....
4 down 3 to go
20 March 2017
Taking the train from Kaohsiung to Tainan
Now I am in Tainan. My third last destination on this trip that is going too quickly. Today is also hot, with almost no visible pollution, I guess....
Needed more time
19 March 2017
The Hanshin department store
As the uncreative title above suggests, I needed more time in Kaohsiung. I thought 4 nights would be plenty, but there is more to see and do than ....
Sweating profusely
19 March 2017
Hiking Shoushan and Chaishan in Kaohsiung
Astute readers will recall that the day before yesterday I tried to climb over the back of the small mountain between the ocean and Kaohsiung and ....