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Why devout Buddhists shouldn't be with sick people, Nantou County, Taiwan travel blog

Why devout Buddhists shouldn't be with sick people

A travel blog entry by adamandeva

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... the Wheel Of Expectations. Although I managed 7 hours of sleep, I woke feeling as if I had not slept at all. Nantou is in central Taiwan, in the interior of the island, in the mountains, about a 3 hour drive from Eva's home. Teacher Ho and another ...

Day Trip to Puli, Puli, Taiwan travel blog

Day Trip to Puli

A travel blog entry by taiwan_mike2007

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... green valleys below us almost the entire way. Very nice. Puli Township is an interesting place. It's not large by Taiwan standards but very spread out. There are lush green mountains in every direction, and the air is substantially fresher than ...

Sun Moon Lake, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan travel blog

Sun Moon Lake

A travel blog entry by johnsjourneys

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Sun Moon Lake is a water filled volcanic crater in the mountains not far from Taichung City.  There are several towns around the edge and a number of hotels.  It's on the tourist route for groups visiting from mainland China now, so it gets ...

Field visit to 921 landslide area, Joujou, Taiwan travel blog

Field visit to 921 landslide area

A travel blog entry by mcswaink

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... bit more time to stay here. On the opposite side of the lake we stopped at the Xuanzang Temple which houses some of Taiwan's holiest Buddha relics. Again, just like at the WenWu temple, the decorations are very ornate and well kept. Inside, there was ...

Sun Moon Lake, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan travel blog

Sun Moon Lake

A travel blog entry by schwate

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... Taiwanesen:-) (btw, inzwischen wird Chiang Kai Shek hier nicht mehr verehrt sondern eher als Kriegsverbrecher angesehen). Das Bussystem in Taiwan ist an sich recht gut und extensiv, man kommt fast ueberall hin fuer wenig Geld. Leider ist die Frequenz ...

You're gonna make me swim how far?, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

You're gonna make me swim how far?

A travel blog entry by kddeitrick

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Originally, I was going to do this alone.  Joe wanted nothing to do with it.  Swimming isn't something he does for fun.  It is more of a survival technique.  After some persuasion I was able to talk him into it.  We are members ...

Moped around Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Moped around Sun Moon Lake

A travel blog entry by travelbee

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HE SAID: Today was a great day.  Renting a moped and cruising around beautiful Sun Moon Lake was excellent.  After signing a form to rent the moped that was entirely in Chinese we were given the bikes.  Probably not a bad deal.  ...

Cingjing Farm & Small Swiss Garden, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Cingjing Farm & Small Swiss Garden

A travel blog entry by ngrick

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We went down to the restaurant in Puli Town Europe Stayhome and ordered our breakfast at the bar counter. Miss Tu, the lady owner, was not around but her sister attended to us. There were three types of breakfast set on the free breakfast menu. The main ...

My Hog Surviving Cats and Dogs, Tienhsien, Taiwan travel blog

My Hog Surviving Cats and Dogs

A travel blog entry by dogeleven

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... marble cliffs, lush jungle, cascading falls. It rained on us as we rode, and we took refuge in a cafe. I'd already flown to Taiwan without informing my parents. I then rented a scooter, which I know would make my mom nervous. Riding in the rain would not ...

Sun Moon Lake, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan travel blog

Sun Moon Lake

A travel blog entry by mies

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Puli Wine Factory & Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Puli Wine Factory & Sun Moon Lake

A travel blog entry by ngrick

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After breakfast in Puli Town Europe Stayhome, we took a short walk to Puli Wine Museum & Factory (埔里酒厂), which was only 800m away in the opposite direction of Puli Bus Station. While on the way there, I saw a mobile stall ...

Taichung & Puli Wednesday Night Market, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Taichung & Puli Wednesday Night Market

A travel blog entry by ngrick

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... ;潭) to the southwest. She also welcomed us to ask her for any information on directions to places or where to go in Nantou or even Taiwan. We thanked her and went up to our room. The room was very spacious and there was even a round table, besides ...

Tomb sweeping family party, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Tomb sweeping family party

A travel blog entry by sonja_and_david

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Toute la famille à Flora se réunit pour une célébration en mémoire de sa grand-mère. Ceci nous donne l'occasion d'avoir un peut de “free time” le matin. Nous partons retrouver le magasin de thé pour acheter du thé et réparer ...

Flora, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Flora

A travel blog entry by sonja_and_david

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... petite degust de the froid chez une amie à Monsieur Wang. Si nous avons déjà appris l'importance des relations ici à Taiwan, nous allons en avoir encore plein d'illustrations les jours qui suivent...Apres un dinner en famille, nous buvons du the ...

Taiwan brewery, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Taiwan brewery

A travel blog entry by sonja_and_david

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... mélangent leur jus aux jus de raisin importé du Chilie, jus congelé pour le transport. Le vin gagne en popularité ici à Taiwan, mais il est concurrencé par le vin de riz et bien d'autres alcools comme le brandy qui sont produits dans l'enceinte de ...

Guanshi, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Guanshi

A travel blog entry by sonja_and_david

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  Nous partons pour le petit déj au marché, mais je ne me sens pas bien. J'ai du prendre froid la nuit d'avant avec les températures chaudes et les ventilateurs. Je rentre me coucher pendant que Flora et David partent pour un tour à vélo. Ils ...

Nantou food, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Nantou food

A travel blog entry by sonja_and_david

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  Flora nous prend au marché pour le petit déj. Un excellent lait de soya chaud accompagne des Xien Pin (une espece de empanadas farcis au Taro et aux pousses de bambou) et Suei Djien Bao (des petits pains cuits dans une poele farcis au choux ou a ...

Gong Fou Tcha, Nantou, Taiwan travel blog

Gong Fou Tcha

A travel blog entry by sonja_and_david

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  Apres le repas de midi en famille – nous mangeons du riz avec des patates douces dans le meme plat, un excellent poulet-cochon plat unique et des légumes – nous partons pour la visite de la plantation de the Ruei Chang. Le manager se ...

Jade Mountain - Take 2 - Day 1 (Part 1), Shuili (水理), Taiwan travel blog

Jade Mountain - Take 2 - Day 1 (Part 1)

A travel blog entry by athena

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... a car in the hopes someone would be able to take me down to the next village. Two men with a flatbed truck (your average Taiwan variety) stopped and they gave me a ride back down the mountain and dropped me off at the next little village (the name ...

Week Full of Fun, Chi-chi, Taiwan travel blog

Week Full of Fun

A travel blog entry by 2vstheworld

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... only other foreign couple in our little branch. Chili's was exactly the same as in the states only super expensive, by Taiwan standards. Paying $30 for dinner in Taiwan is absolutely outrageous since a dinner on the street usually costs about $4, but we ...

Outdoor Adventures!, Puli, Taiwan travel blog

Outdoor Adventures!

A travel blog entry by ashleysblog

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I have had a great past two weeks. Despite being really busy with work, everything is coming together. At work I have been staying busy in meetings and planning for the new school. I now spend my Friday afternoons at the new school testing new students ...

Close to Perfection, Puli, Taiwan travel blog

Close to Perfection

A travel blog entry by carolyn.hancock

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... Taichung because there was a fire a while back in a bar that ended with some deaths so now they are closing EVERY bar in Taiwan.) where we were having a lovely, laid back evening until the police showed up... to (I guess) shut down this bar as well. ...

Pedals to Puli, Puli, Taiwan travel blog

Pedals to Puli

A travel blog entry by taimanda

... and sound. We stopped around Caotun for lunch and then continued down a hilly highway 14. We stopped at a really neat cultural center in Nantou and had a snack, talked to three older Ladies for a few minutes (and by talk I mean we said the 5 Chinese words ...

Puli much?, Puli, Taiwan travel blog

Puli much?

A travel blog entry by hullick

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On Saturday morning at breakfast we decided to go on another weekend trip...to Puli. Puli is only about an hour drive from our houses...but a very long hour when you are trying not to be sick from the winding mountain roads. I was getting car sick once ...

Sun Moon Lake, Yuchi, Taiwan travel blog

Sun Moon Lake

A travel blog entry by gibbogirl

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Our first stop was the noodle place. Hsien took us there in his car that was parked at the university behind his place. It sort of reminded me of Sewanee – a big, beautiful campus in the middle of nowhere. He dropped us off and we ordered one bowl ...

Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan, Taiwan travel blog

Sun Moon Lake

A travel blog entry by lyncraven

... that were taking place had happened during Chinese New Year week and there wouldn’t be another one before I was leaving Taiwan.  I was absolutely gutted!!  I’d waited extra days in Taipei to wait until the shop re-opened after the ...

Southbound, Puli, Taiwan travel blog

Southbound

A travel blog entry by gibbogirl

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This morning we woke up at around 9:30, took a hot shower, and made some toast for breakfast. We checked out at 11 and headed to Taipei Main Station. Dave had written directions for us on how to get to the bus terminal that would take us to Puli, a ...

日月潭, 日月潭 Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan travel blog

日月潭

A travel blog entry by feisoar

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    Wake up at dawn and catch a bus to PuLi埔里。埔里 is a lovely town. You can take your breakfast or dinner here. The price is acceptable, similar with Taichung. There is no direct bus from ...

Day5    Ride to Jiji (集集), jiji, Taiwan travel blog

Day5 Ride to Jiji (集集)

A travel blog entry by mellow-yallow

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 ルート詳細: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/484766 ...

On the Way Home, Chung Tai Zen Monastery, Taiwan travel blog

On the Way Home

A travel blog entry by johnsjourneys

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... Modern Approaches of propagating Buddhism.' Whatever the impression it creates it is certainly very different to the Daoist Temples usual in Taiwan and worth a visit.  There is access to some of the halls with massive statuary, and to the small but ...

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