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Kaohsiung Slideshow
Kaohsiung
Travel Blogs from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Typhoons and other bummers in Taiwan
... I would like, but I'm going to try not to think about that right now. Anyway, here are a few more pictures from around Kaohsiung. I've been losing weight, but I manage not to waste away due to the plentiful supply of pastries here. I will have ...
Day 13-14: My Dad's Hometown
... and deserts. Afterwards, we went to see another major attraction of Kaoshiung called the Fo Guang Shan, which is one of Taiwan's finest monasteries. See below for some pictures of elaborate statues. My aunt's friend wanted to take a brief nap, so ...
Mambo with Little Liuchiu Scenic Area
Little Liuchiu is a born destination for Lohas (i.e. Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability). In addition to fantastic natural scenery, you don’t have to worry about avoiding the crowds or bustling traffic. The Round-the-island Road is flat and ...
Visiting Dad... private trip
... 100 times the size of my little Brooklyn apartment, and I even got lost going to the kitchen one night! He lives in Kaohsiung, near the Love River (or the River of Love, whichever way you want to call it), high up on the 22nd floor. We ...
Finally, Fresh Air
... and to feel like you can breath without gasping. We were now driving along the seaside – very choppy out there in the Taiwan Strait – and paused at a couple scenic spots: one was to view a rock, which our guide assured us looked like Richard ...
kaohsiung
we took flight from kimmen to kaohsiung. we went to the most famous night market. we had dinner and tried lots of things in ...
CNY Interlude
... the rest of my holiday was going to be really busy, but instead, I slept in and then decided to explore the Pier 2 Art area of Kaohsiung. It was a beautiful day and I'd slept most of it away, so I wanted to catch at least a little of the day before ...
January 23, 2009: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
... for the street food. It was amusing to watch. I personally liked the stick with sugar engulfed strawberries (though the tomatoes were no good . Who eats sugared tomatoes for dessert?!). Taiwan seems to like us. We like it ...
My Trip
... a hot spring bath. Took an 1.5 hr Taiwan High Speed Rail from Hsinchu to Zuoying. Rent a car and drove into Kaohsiung City and visited Old British Embassy in Hsitzwan, taking a ferry to Cijin (had fresh seafood lunch) and walk along ...
Day 1 - Confucious Temple, Mopeds, & Chicken Butt
In the afternoon, Mrs. Chen, her friend, and Wan took me to Lotus Lake. We did some light shopping and saw the Dragon-and-Tiger Pagoda (Spring and Autumn Pavilion), Confucious Temple and a Buddist Temple. Below includes some historical ...
Liouchiou Island, hot pot and a show
... style bar and went to bed at 4ish, again. Today we went to Liouchiou, a real cool little island southwest of Kaohsiung. We rented two scooters and some snorkeling equipment and paroozed through the reef and saw many different little fish and some strange ...
Life in the dirty South
... our bags into the sand and waded out into the blue water. A perfect Sunday. Needless to say, my first two months in Taiwan have been pleasant. And I am very happy to call Kaohsiung my home away from home. ...
What's been going on . . .
... . They were going to put it out and apologized for the inconvenience. So, I finished packing my bags and that ended day 2 in Kaohsiung. I already felt that I was a day behind everyone as I'd only just found my place. The others had checked out ...
Typhoon Holiday Wan Sui!
... the news during the weather section, the satellite pictures of the typhoon showed a great big white blob that was way bigger than Taiwan! Also, police were threatening to arrest any hooligans who went fishing today, or went to the beach to go gawk at the ...
Quake!
... out on! You've probably heard about the earthquakes on Tuesday. The epicenter of the second quake was about 30km from Kaohsiung. They were both terrifying and the aftershocks were none too pleasant either. Because I was squatting out on the laundry ...
a not-so-successful trip.
Before my parents left, we took a short trip to the Southern city of Kaohsiung, which is Taiwan's most important port. I had conducted my first interview, so I had to stay back to finish up my report on the our first night. Unfortunately, it ...
My kind of Taiwan!
... ; Walked a lot thro’ town & parks. Cycle parks & free rides. Late afternoon I arrived in Kaohsiung – Taiwan’s second largest city and its largest port. It’s a lovely modern city that’s clearly thought ...
Day 5: Heading home
... from Tai Tung. It was a much needed relaxation, unfortunately there wasn't massage! We headed back home to Hong Kong via Kaohsiung, it was a 2 hours train journey from Chi Pen, then a quick 1 hour flight home. What an awesome ...
A Follow Up
... too gutless to order one, mostly because it is generally frowned upon for women to smoke those things. Plus I'd already tried one in Taiwan. And, perhaps the most important point, I don't smoke. But they look so cool and after having 2 Turkish males take ...
The Dangers of Velcro
I always appreciate a good laugh, even at my own expense. So I thought I would share this little story with you all. When I get up in the morning to go to work, it all happens in a bit of a rush. Friday morning was no exception and perhaps more of a ...
World Games / Mom's Bday
After getting back from Thailand we headed to Koahsiung to check out the World Games. The first night we went out for dinner at Smokey Joe's and then headed to a pub. Mom, the crazy party animal that she is kept us out till 4:30am. Needless to say we all ...
Kaohsiung
... war nicht ganz ungefährlich, denn Unmengen an Radfahrer fuhren zügig den gemeinsamen Fuß-/Radweg entlang. Angekommen am Fluss hatten wir einen schönen Blick auf die nächtliche Skyline von Kaohsiung sowie das zweihöchste Gebäude von Taiwan. ...
Wenn der Müllwagen ruft ...
... oder singt. Eine inzwischen sehr vertraute Musik ist die des Müllautos. Dieses fährt mit Blinklicht und lauter Melodie durch die Straßen, damit jeder weiß, dass das Müllauto kommt. Denn fährt es vorbei, dann muss jeder seinen Müllbeutel ins ...
Day to Day stuff and Wrath of Fanapi
... breeze was really refreshing. The storm got worse overnight and there were huge amounts of flooding that went on around Kaohsiung. My area wasn't hit very hard, but the weather was still quite intense. Several trees in the courtyard came ...