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 ....
Steak night
18 March 2017
The Ruifeng night market
My holiday is already half over. Thas a little depressing. Seems like a week but its been 2. I am surprised how much I like Kaohsiung, on my secon....
So many gift shops
18 March 2017
A day trip to the enormous Fo Guang Shan
Today I went to the buddha theme world amusement park extravaganza. It is at a place called Fo Guang Shan, and of course, its out in the middle of....
Accidental dream mall
17 March 2017
Riding the new tram to the giant mall
This evening I ended up at the dream mall by accident after accidentally riding on a Melbourne tram in Taiwan. Allow me to go on with boring detai....
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 ....