Taoyuan, Taiwan Travel Blogs

Day hike on Bei Cha Tien Shan
Dec 10, 2006 (21 photos)

... , beautiful and challenging one ( and one trip I have photos from ). This will give an idea what mountain hikes in Taiwan are like. As I have described before there are a lot of mountains to choose from, even just close to Taipei.  A ...

The Taiwan High Speed Railway
Apr 27, 2008 (5 photos)

... . Melinda and I were too tired to even feel guilty. David has hired a car to transport us from the airport (located in Taoyuan about an hour outside of Taipei). It's dusk outside and there's not much to see, unfortunately. The temperature was a balmy 78 ...

The first 24 hrs
Jun 1, 2008 (4 photos)

... diner stared as she proceeded to climb onto the seat and drive away, her dog's tail dragging on the ground. I imagine is wasn't comfortable for either of them, but the dog seemed happy enough. Taoyuan isn't terribly interesting but the people are friendly.

The Neighbourhood
Mar 14, 2007 (19 photos)

... photos from around Neili where I live, and the part of town close to my work. New Photo number 1 - the 'cultural centre' in Taoyuan. It's a highlight of any visit... There's some photos of the green patch of grass near my house (believe me, it's small ...

Back to Taiwan
Jan 1, 2008

Taiwan

Yummy Layover
Jan 19, 2008

... Taipei airport?  Summon Mom and Grandmom to the rescue, of course.  I was whisked away to a random market in nearby Taoyuan City where I enjoyed delicious sui-jian-bao (water-fried-bun), guo-tieh (potstickers), dan-bing (egg pancake), mi-suan ( ...

Diving Green Island
Jan 7, 2009

... to get by. My diving experiences in Taiwan had been thus far limited to Fulong and I was anxious to get some more dives under my newly acquired Advanced Open Water certification. Everyone in Taiwan was always talking about Green Island and Orchid Island

Update
Jul 29, 2008

... be jumping for that day...since they were on a metal bridge and there was some thunder and lightning happening. We all drove back Taoyuan and hung out a local pub/restaurant for a while. Then, a bunch of us went to this place called Thai Disco. Thai Disco ...

Taiwan
May 30, 2005

Taiwan

Closing the Taiwan chapter
Apr 16, 2009

... lifestyle (and subsequent possession quota) for the next 10 years (or so...who knows...we'll see). My last week in Taiwan was rather stressful. I had a scooter that I was selling to a newly arrived teacher. This scooter decided to break down some 2.5 ...

Leila's First Typhoon
Oct 6, 2007

... back at the dorm to find everyone bubbling with excitement. Rumor had it that there was indeed a Typhoon on its way to Taiwan and that classes would be cancelled for Saturday (we work 6 days a week). I actually didn't want classes to be cancelled...I had ...

New Adventures
Oct 11, 2009 (13 photos)

... . There were so many little shops selling all sorts of ceramic items. Most popular were tea sets. Many of them were made in Taiwan. We had also read how there were some places where you could make your own ceramics. We all tried it! I was super excited ...

Update
Nov 3, 2008

... a lot. She's a funny girl (or bird, as they say...she's British). September 23rd marked my one year anniversary in Taiwan. Looking back, here are the cool things that happened in the last year: - Made friends with Meghan...who is now my roomate - ...

Taoyuan Jr. High School
Dec 15, 2008

... me...which is a nice feeling for sure! Much of the same happened...the perverse students and the non-stop laughter. I got to teach them for a full school year. I wish I could keep teaching them until they graduated, but alas...I won't be in Taiwan forever.

Let the bad luck begin!
Oct 17, 2007

... you' at 7 AM at the train station. LOL. What could they have POSSIBLY been thinking about us? LOL!!! Anyway...we made it back in Taoyuan for 9 AM or so...and I passed out on the couch (as I could not get into my room). Later they called a locksmith for me ...

Update Part 2 - The Gym, The Scooter & The Laptop
Nov 13, 2007

... lot of time shopping around... I would just get confused and there were 2 people waiting for me (the other teacher went back to Taoyuan on her own). Got my laptop and then took the train back to Taoyuan and prepared for the two classes I would be teaching.

Taiwan
Dec 23, 2006

Taiwan

Halloween
Nov 4, 2008

... Jr. High School students wear here). I had a dress rehearsal on October 24th, when I had to teach a class at the Taoyuan Junior High School (the school my uniform was from). So many students walked right past me...and only clued in when approached them ...

Blue Eyes at 8 o'clock
Mar 25, 2008

... if he wanted to meet for drinks sometime during the week. He agreed and set the date of Wednesday. Wednesday nights I teach at downtown Taoyuan...and so we agreed to meet at the McDonald's by the train station. We walked to this place called 'Rodeo' and ...

Legal Leila
Dec 5, 2007

... disappointed with the whole birthday outing...but I have had a birthday in 4 different countries now (Canada, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Taiwan) and not many people can say they have done that in their lifetime. The next day Meghan and I walked around ...

Taoyuan (Taipei)
Apr 8, 2009

1st: 8-9 Apr 2009 (Chinatrust) foods that I missed so much... It was nice to have some foods that I used to have for 4 years, 1999-2003. 2nd: 2-3 May 2009 (Chuto) I had grilled TianBuLa, quite nice...

Update Part 1 - Halloween
Nov 1, 2007

... than expected. I also decided to purchase a scooter...since it's one of the best ways (yet most dangerous) to get around in Taiwan. Scooters outnumber cars here by a factor of 10:3 I think. LOL. You are more likely to find a scooter parking spot than a ...

Taiwan, at last!
Sep 23, 2007

... emailed my dad and got caught up with a bunch of people) and then got acquainted with one of the MANY 7 Elevens here in Taiwan (seriously...7 Elevens and Starbucks are EVERYWHERE). Made it back to the dorm and spent my first night on my floor bed and thin ...

Taoyuan Airport
Oct 20, 2009 (2 photos)

Learning Chinese
May 8, 2008

... , my Chinese could be rather decent! Yay for language number 5...something I never thought I would learn! I bought my laptop in Taiwan...so it has all the Chinese characters built into it as well as their phonics system (known as BoPoMoFo). I installed the ...

Dog Spa
Dec 11, 2005 (5 photos)

... for dogs who aren't very confident in swimming. Sooo cute! It is also just interesting how there seems to be a subculture in Taiwan for dog loving and canine humanising that noone seems to think is a little extreme. This place also sold prams for dogs...' ...

Update Part II
Nov 3, 2008

In October I went to Matsu. Matsu is a group of islands that are really close to China...but still a part of Taiwan. Taiwan has a lot of off-shore islands. The Kinmen islands are the closest to China...and Matsu isn't far behind. I went with 5 friends ...

A year in Taiwan
Jun 3, 2002

I've visited Formosa and have fun with the Mayan river rides, cable car & other rides not to mention the ethnic performances.  I've been to Windows on China too, enjoying the miniture of Europe, USA & other countries tourist attraction.  ...

to taoyuan
Feb 24, 2008

at the early morning, we had special breakfast at hotel. we took bus to train station , we went to high speed train from  kaohsiung to taoyuen

Taiwan
Dec 25, 2008

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