Articles tagged with: Taiwan
Kenting 004 – Whale Sharks and Belugas, Take 2
Monday December 6, 2010
8:45 a.m.Formost Hotel Lobby
Kenting, Taiwan
Today is my last day in Kenting. My ticket on the High Speed Rail back to Taipei is for 7:30 tonight, but I’ll probably end up going back earlier than that. I tried to arrange to keep my room until mid- or late-afternoon, but no one really understood what I was talking about. Hotels want you to check …
Kenting 003 – Whale Sharks and Manta Rays
Sunday, December 5, 2010
9:00 a.m. Formost Hotel Lobby
Kenting, Taiwan
My big plan for Saturday was to visit the National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, henceforth known as the “Aquarium”, and it was an extraordinary experience – far better than I had expected.
I didn’t know much about the Aquarium, but it was one of the main reasons I decided to come to Kenting this weekend. I …
Kenting 002 – Powerful Winds and the Formost Hotel
Saturday, December 4, 2010
9:47 a.m. Lobby of the Formost Hotel
Kenting, Taiwan
It’s an interesting feeling going to a place for the first time. You really have no idea of the lay of the land or what to expect. A young woman on the bus translated for me and asked me for the bus driver where I wanted to go. I said that I wanted to go …
Kenting 001 – HSR & Bus to Kenting
Friday, December 3, 2010
Taiwan High Speed Rail – Train 123 Car 4 Seat 3A
8:50 a.m., Taipei, Taiwan
The train is scheduled to leave at 8:54, and I’m pretty sure it will leave exactly to the minute. Train trips out of Taipei are so easy for me that they are a real pleasure. Living right above the MRT station and one stop away from the train station …
A Small Miracle
I should amend that title. I’m talking about a VERY small miracle. In fact, it’s scooter-repair related. However, when your muffler is dragging along the pavement and your scooter is making more noise than a trio of Harley Davidsons, you’ll take any miracle you can get.
The muffler on my scooter fell off as I was driving to work in the rain this morning. I wasn’t …
Puli 002 – Scootering in the Mountains
July 25, 2010
The next morning, I hopped on my scooter to drive up into the mountains along Highway 14. I knew that Highway 14 eventually linked up with Highway 8 that goes down through Taroko Gorge, but I hadn’t stopped to consider what that would mean for a leisurely Saturday drive in the summer. What it meant, of course, was heavy traffic as only Taiwan …
Puli 001 – Scootering to Puli and Sun Moon Lake
July 24, 2010
The Puli Trip began with another snap decision based on the weather. It looked like it was going to be sunny for the weekend, so I started to cast around for a destination. I’m not sure anymore why I settled on Puli. It got a nice write-up in Lonely Planet and in lots of places online. There seemed to be some interesting temples …
Lukang 002 – City of Temples
Saturday July 10, 2010
My one full day in Lukang turned out to be a fairly pleasant though extremely hot and confusing one. It was pleasant because there are lots of interesting things to see in Lukang. It was hot because it was really hot (I ended up taking five or six cold-water showers during the day). It was confusing because I could never quite figure …