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- Taipei
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- New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
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- 22,370,461
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Taipei Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Taipei, Taiwan
Donkey Free Air
This is a top pick! ... we were totally disappointed until we realized that the tray was only the pre-meal tray. Breakfast was great. We landed in Taipei, which has beautiful lush green mountains and stunning golf courses. Almost made me want to take up golf. Beers in the ...
Taiwan
This is a top pick! A Much Needed Break in Taipei We decided to extend our stay in Taiwan for a few extra nights as we felt we needed to rest, recuperate and plan before heading over to Japan. I wasn't expecting much from Taipei, but was pleasantly surprised by the city! ...
Chinese newyear
This is a top pick! ... so each of us could go their own ways. But unfortunately our first stop was the central train station of Taipei to admire the food court. Yes Taiwan trips are all about food. And I must say, the food is magnificent, especially the delicious pastries and ...
Return to Taipei from Green Island by ship + train
This is a top pick! ... and begins to chew. He smiles at me and offers me a betel nut, which I can avoid, saying: " Taiwan chewing gum". At 9:00 pm we arrive in Taipei main station! Short bus ride and " Honey, I'm home ! " MY PLAN HAS BEEN TO CONTINUE TO ...
Long and cold walk to Chilan
This is a top pick! ... a western mountain hut with open fire or a heater, think again - nothing at all, and that's pretty usual in Taiwan. Inside and outside is almost the same temperature minus the wind and rain. So the hot chicken soup came in really handy. ...
Undecided which route to take: Walk to Luodong
This is a top pick! Route: Song Luo - No 7 minor road - country roads 46,30,33 - No.7 - Luodong - Wujie Total Distance: 24km Altitude up: 300m Altitude down: 300m Waking up is not easy after this slightly restless night - but at least still alive! I have my ...
A detour to Galahe
This is a top pick! ... and tastes tickle my taste buds in a way I have never tasted before. Their children have two Yunan/ Thai food restaurants in Taipei ( Neihu and Shisze ). I clear all plates, although this is not very polite, but now the satisfaction of my taste buds ...
Next:The mountains-Tapei to Fushan/Atayal tribe
This is a top pick! ... this trail ends at the triple waterfall Wa Wa Gu - shall have the most health promoting ions of all waterfalls in Taiwan - I feel something, yes I feel younger, rejuvinated ), then I switch back to the road. A group of aboriginies sitting in front ...
First leg of my walk - the remote Matsu islands
This is a top pick! ... still many houses are empty, a lot of houses and walkways have been restored with their original character - congratulation! Taiwan as a whole needs more of this preservation of the history. Cinbi has been the richest village in Beigan ...
Prayers for ghost month
This is a top pick! Just a short entry in between. It is ghost month and prayers are held everywhere and by many different groups, such as temples, shops, offices, companies and neighborhood communities. The photos in the attached photo album are from a neighborhood ...
Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan - an introduction
This is a top pick! ... Island) - The pingpu or plains dwelling indigenous people Kavalan (Han, Hulien) Ketagalan (Taipei. Tamsui, Keelung, Taoyuan) Luilang (Taipei, Sungshan, Hsinchuang, Panchiao, Talungtong) ...
The heat gets too much - return to Taipei
This is a top pick! ... ( F16, Mirage, IDF fighter jets ) on a stretch of the freeway designated for such events. I arrive in Taipei at 20:30pm, almost 11 hours after I took the first bus. My next stretch I will walk will be the Southern Cross ...
How I planned my route
This is a top pick! ... for a good reason: the Chinese and Taiwanese life, culture and history are best experienced here, in places like Taipei, Tamsuei, Kaohsiung, Taitung, the old capital Tainan, Lukang , Meinung and so on. Timing: Perhaps you ...
My next portion: Ylan - Song Luo
This is a top pick! Route: Taipei ( train ) - Ylan - Song Luo Total Distance: 12 km Altitude: 0m Five days of rain were enough. Since yesterday the sun has shown its brightest side and that's a good reason to continue my walk. Bus to train station, train to ...
Taipei
This is a top pick! ... blocks away however the real Taiwan takes over. The spit polish gleam goes away and the reality chaos of Taiwan comes out. There are areas in Taipei geared to tourists. Although night markets are a very common part of Taiwanese culture, the "Snake ...
Arrived safely in Taipei
This is a top pick! I found a free Internet cafe in the airport in Taipei, so I figured I'd kill a little bit of my layover and drop a quick note to let you know that I've arrived safely. Surprisingly the flight here was really great. I got a window seat, and the ...
Fushan to Shang Baling old trail
This is a top pick! Route: Fushan - La La Shan - Shang Baling Total Distance: 28 km Altitude up: 1.300m ( highet point 1.710m ) Altitude down: 500m It's 5:00 am, the alarm clock of Joe's mobile phone rings - really already time to wake up? It's still dark and it ...
First stage of walk around the main island Taiwan
This is a top pick! ... footpaths were used to transport tea. Its now popular for tea culture and viewing the night scenery of Taipei ) and Chinan Gung Taoist temple, one of Taiwan's main Taoist temples. My way leads me for kilometers through a grave yard covering ...
Taipei
This is a top pick! ... of a lie in. Met up with them at 10am and headed off to train station to go and see the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101. We knew we needed to head towards the city hall so got our tickets and boarded the MRT. However it quickly dawned on us ...
To Taipei
This is a top pick! ... 4 TV channels to choose from, all crap, so I turned to MP3 player land and tried to sleep. Again it didn't happen. Arriving in Taipei was pretty exciting for me. Having spent 4 days in a sleepy town in the south, the bright lights of Taipei started to ...
Climbing Mountains
This is a top pick! ... 20 minutes drive uphill all the way. When we stepped out the taxi it was about 10C cooler than in central Taipei. I was wearing shorts, t-shirt and sandals. Perhaps not the best clothes when climbing mountains. Particularly when the cloud was ...
"Please Please Me"
This is a top pick! ... the deluxe suite at the Waikoloa Hotel at around just AUD$75 a night. (That is in fact the basic room.) It's the Taipei equivalent of the birthing suite with ADSL, tassles, brocade and marble added. I might not come out of here until discharged in ...
Taiwan - what's to know, and who I am
This is a top pick! ... the Religious Life of Taipei" by Mark Caltonhill, published by ' Department of Information ', Taipei City Government in December 2002. Safety Taiwan, though not without crime, is definitely one of the safest places anywhere in ...
The Second China
This is a top pick! ... shoveled our backpacks out the cargo door- they seem to be getting heavier as we travel). All that said we found Taiwan, and Taipei in particular, to be well worth a few days of exploration. The island has an indigenous population that goes back hundreds ...
The Greatest Hits of ...
This is a top pick! ... shop and a local temple. The museum is listed as a must-see as it contains many priceless Chinese antiquities brought to Taiwan for safekeeping but never returned. With only an hour to cover three floors, we could only cruise along exhibits and case ...
Eating Taiwan
This is a top pick! ... . Now that's far East. It's wonderful to walk around after sitting on my arse flying half way around the world, literally. Taipei has a very modern airport with all the amenities you'd find in any major western city unless you land at 5am before anything ...
Walking and Eating
This is a top pick! ... is cheap especially for an Asian city, but there sure is a lot of great food you can get quickly instead of burgers and stuff. The New Taiwan Dollar comes in various sizes, mostly a $1.50 coin, a $3 bill, a $15 bill, and a $30 bill as it translates to ...
China- Hong Kong - Taipeh - Amsterdam - Prague
This is a top pick! ... in which this nutter on the move nearly misses his flight... It wasn't quite over yet. Just getting on the nighttrain in Guilin that would whisk me to Shenzhen on the Hong Kong border in time for my flight home was just too simple. So I overstayed ...
Taiwan Part 5
This is a top pick! ... But I met some interesting expats at the hostel; among others, an American teaching in Japan, and a Kiwi who teaches in Taiwan. We swapped stories about working conditions, just as I'd done with Matt, and found there to be significant differences between ...
Skipping back across the Pacific
This is a top pick! A fitting end to the Asia cycle with a repeat of hours spent wandering (and getting lost) in the giant Taipei ...