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Taichung Slideshow
Top Hotels in Taichung
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Evergreen Laurel Taichung
69 reviews -
One Taichung
84 reviews -
Tempus Hotel Taichung
42 reviews
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Splendor Taichung
47 reviews
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Plaza International Taichung
16 reviews
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Holiday Inn Exp Taichung Park
71 reviews
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Howard Prince Hotel Taichung
24 reviews
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Ku Kuan Taichung
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National Hotel Taichung
26 reviews -
The Tango Taichung
29 reviews
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Smartcue 52 Taichung
16 reviews
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Chinatrust Hotel Taichung
10 reviews
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Galerie Taichung
10 reviews
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Marshal Taichung
23 reviews -
Zhong Ke Hotel Taichung
11 reviews
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In One City Inn Taichung
14 reviews
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Hotel Dion Taichung
6 reviews
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Swallow Castle Hotel Taichung
1 review
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Hoya Resort Hotel Wuling Taichung
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Le Parker Hotel Taichung
12 reviews
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Hotel Vision Taichung
1 review
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Kao Yuan Hotel Taichung
1 review
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Lakeside Resort Taichung
3 reviews
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Dragon Valley Hotel & Spa Taichung
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Li Chia Royal Garden Hotel Taichung
1 review
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Sevilla Boutique Hostel Taichung
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The Enterprise Hotel Taichung
5 reviews
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Beacon Hotel Taichung
9 reviews
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The Twinstar Hotel Taichung
5 reviews
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Freshfields Resort & Conference Taichung
6 reviews
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Fu Wang Hotel Taichung
8 reviews
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Wen Won Hotel Taichung
2 reviews -
Park Hotel Taichung
1 review
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Grand Hotel Taichung
3 reviews
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Chance Taichung
1 review
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Howard Jade Garden Taichung
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Hugo Yarn Hotel Taichung
1 review
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Windsor Hotel Taichung
32 reviews
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Jin Pin Hotel Taichung
1 review
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Zaw-Jung Business Hotel Taichung
10 reviews
Taichung
Travel Blogs from Taichung, Taiwan
In the heat of the night (markets)
This is a top pick! ... . I've touched on Taiwanese night markets in a previous post. We've been to several big and small night markets in Taichung, Khaosiung and in Taipei the Huahsi "Snake Alley" night market (I'll discuss this further in a forthcoming Taipei entry.) ...
Chaotic deliciousness and Superstardom
This is a top pick! ... asked me to speak in English to her class so that they could have some experience speaking with a foreigner. Although Taiwan is ethnically diverse with Japanese, aboriginal and ethnic Chinese minorities, there are still very few Western people here, and ...
Dead skin cell eating fish??
Among one of our latest quandaries was the notion to visit a small town outside of Taichung called GuGuan. This town is home to something North America is surprisingly plentiful in, hot springs. This mysterious mountain village is around 2 hours ...
crazy dreams
... papers to hand in and tests to write. Also i have no idea how to pay for this trip...meanwhile, i'm hanging out with the expats of taiwan, but in my dream they are, i don't even know who, and we are doing all sorts of activities, one of which is we have ...
Wartime Emergency
Tania and I began our day with a glimpse into an event that would not happen for another 120 years, a solar eclipse that in some areas lasts up to 6 minutes. We arranged ourselves near the National Museum of Natural Science for the festivities early ...
contemplation on time
When i first arrived to Taiwan, time seemed of the utmost importance. Being in Taichung, living in my dingy hotel room, having the hours of the night pass in solitude in a completely foreign place made the time creep so slowly. Then i was whirl-winded ...
Trying to get settled in
... days since my last entry. Classroom observations and training have taken up a good deal of my time since arriving in Taichung on Wednesday. So...a little about my school. Kojen English Language Schools is a huge organization here in Taiwan. They ...
Week Three
... if I would like to go out with them after class this Thursday. I readily accepted. I'm really eager to see more of Taichung from the Taiwanese perspective. My apologies for not posting more pictures recently. I've put up a few here today, however. Now ...
My First Trip Outside of the Big City!!
... the attached photos do most of the speaking for me. It was by far the best day I've had since arriving in Taiwan more than a month ago. Taichung is great, but the areas outside of the city really are what make this trip worthwhile and ...
Taichung
22 May Spent the morning getting ready for my 12:32 departure to Taichung - Taiwan's third largest city. Just as I was handing over my key to check out of my hotel at high noon, an air raid siren went off. Upon leaving the hotel, I saw the ...
On a professional note...
... to the bone. One more thing, it appears that as soon as I wrote about the lack of birds on travelpod, the birds began to repopulate Taichung, but as much as I want to give myself credit for this, I think it has to do more with spring. I see sparrows, ...
the year of the dragon
... days, but the trail was badly damaged by the [somewhat] recent earthquake. We saw some of the lanterns out for lantern festival in Taichung (there were some Hello Kitty lanterns). We did a tour of the Feng Tay factory - it was in a large, open building ...
Chinese New Year approaches
... city, was a thick mucky film hanging over the tall, ceramic buildings. it's like when you fly in an airplane, above the clouds, taichung is swarmed in smog, all from the transportation, no factories. i just finished reading a book, and i am so put off ...
He packs, I write: Explorations and Expectations
... the same fond memories which these past two months have presented to us. Whenever my mind travels off to the summer in Taichung it will be reminded of the priceless memories of mornings at Starbucks with Face Book and emails, afternoons reading and ...
Ephemeral Country
This si such a transitory place. everything is constantly in motion, fluit motion, rigid motion, long and short transitions are happenening all the time. the rapid growth of the city is evident in every direction that i turn. I am constatnly fascinated ...
Venting anxieties before 1st class
Thursday will be the first day of my teaching classes, this week I teach 2 hours a day, next week, 3 hours, the week after that 4 hours and so on. Of course I have to come early and prepare my lesson plans and such. The strange thing about being around ...
New apt, new pics
Hello all! Here are some new pics of our apartment and the views from Taipei 101, the current tallest building in the world. Hope all are well, Ben and ...
NO longer homeless, nor a vagabond
... the live music scene is something to write home about in the positive way, makes me want to write aobut the expatriate music scene in Taichung. These guys that were on stage would never, ever be given the mic even on an open mic night, yet here, they were ...
Getting in the Swing of Things
... for two hours. If I can do that, I can do anything. They've recently been celebrating the Moon Festival here In Taiwan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_festival I still haven't been able to get a really good description of the festival, but ...
the seester has come and gone
... talking, drinking, fighting, complaining, exulting, and eating. When she first arrived, the first couple of days we spent in Taichung, passing the time with Liza between Andrew and myself. Thankfully, he and I are on completely different schedules, so ...
Testicle and "Racial" Harmony in a Single Bowl
Well, we made it! After a fourteen hour flight, an hour and a half long bus ride to Taichung, and getting yelled at by an impatient bus driver as I attempt to load my luggage into the underside of the bus, we made it! We met Joanne, the nice lady who is ...
A Sea of Flowers
... colours dazzle the eyes. Some are laid out in more formal patterns. There are potted plants and a planted wall. And, being Taiwan, of course the inevitable food stalls and market selling the local produce. It's a great day ...
Can Everyone Please Stop Feeding Me?! :p
Greetings from Taichung, Taiwan! The weather here is mighty HOT HOT HOT and very muggy. I arrived in Taipei on the 10th in the afternoon, took the High Speed Rail to Taichung and met my family friend Cindy. For my first night she and her ...
The comeback
... months ago, or should I refresh my own memory and all yours about the goings on in the last 2 crazy months I have had in Taiwan. Months full of turmoil, self-doubt, disappointment, a job switch, a birthday, a bunch of typically Taiwanese trips and a bunch ...
Speaking of Antoince de St. Exupery
... , to English, to every weapon that queen Imelda uses in dragon pursuit 79 (including which dragon requires which weapon.) So, Taiwan is faced with a problem. If kids cannot memorize words and grammar they are quickly discouraged by English, and on their ...
Photos
I neglected to include a new set of photos with the last entry. I'm not sure if it's the blog itself or the wi-fi connection that's presenting problems. Anyway...here they are. I'll try to have some more posted ...
Valentines in Taiwan
... grand it is, that we were invited to share this intimate evening with one family. Peggy, our Taiwanese friend and guide to Taiwan, aka Translator galore, told me that her parents invited us to dinner. They want to know why Peggy hangs out with ...
The land of no birds and karaoke
... i keep forgetting to write about, even though i noticed it a whole week ago is that there are no birds in taichung...none whatsoever. you walk through the streets of new york practically kicking pigeons, and cute, chipper little sparrows are all over the ...
Belated Halloween Greetings!
Belated Halloween greetings from Taichung! Would you believe that they actually celebrate it here? Trick-or-treating isn't common, but dressing up in costumes is. The school celebrated the holiday for several days in a row, with costume contests for both ...
Consuming What? In Taiwan
... little Americans back to where they came from. Now that is a mystery meat! When is rains, it apparently pours in Taiwan. And when you live in this environment you are always prepared. Well presuming you have lived here more than three ...