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Kaohsiung Slideshow
Kaohsiung
Travel Blogs from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dog/Hairdryer Fiasco Add Spiders Then Stir
... certain vegetables for a couple of months after a bad one can also be quite depressing (e.g., there was this one time when Kaohsiung was out of onion for at least a month because of a really bad typhoon, which means, horror of horrors, no onion ...
The World Shook
... win votes is to try and piss China off enough that they threaten to set off some of the close to 500 missiles pointed in Taiwan's direction. Actually, they threaten this kind of stuff a fair bit as far as I can tell, but recently they been a little more ...
MRT Taipei to Kashioun
... The 1st Of December 2010 I took the Taiwan High Speed Rail (HSR) train From Taipei to Kaohsiung . It took roughly 80 Min's to travel and we traveled at speeds of 300 km / 186mph . It cost $1,490 ...
Bangladesh Trips
Bangladesh is a country I have long wanted，Especially Dhaka City、Sundarbans，Have the opportunity to go visit ...
Business Weekend in Taiwan
It's Sunday, and we are in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for a weekend conference. Mark has been non-stop with work, and I'm taking a break from performing my Jackie O. duties as the good power-couple wife (with no silly hats) and staying in the room today to ...
Arrive In Kaohsiung
We'll all need a little rest now after travelling for the last 24 hours. It'll take us another hour or so before we get through customs and actually arrive at Steffi's parents ...
Ni how!
Well after an hour ling ride on the THSR (Taiwan High Speed Rail) across the country we arrived in Kaohsuing, where Mikey and Chelsea (friends from Trent) picked us up on a motorscooter and motorcycle. We held our bags and guitars and suitcases under our ...
Funeral for Ah Mah
We continue to observe traditions and rituals in honor of Ah- Ma. Some of the pictures and video are from the day before and the day off the ...
Taiwan
... it to Taiwan in less than 30 hrs.. woo hoo! There were several delays and we ended up staying in a hotel overnight in Taiwan due to a missed-flight due to two other delays. Services from Eva Air were superb. They really took care of us ...
Home
We decided that we were going to take the train from Taipei to Kaohsiung. So here we were in the train station waiting for our train and we were surrounded by Filipinos!! Lyns and I were so confused. Where were we?? Still in the Philippines or back in ...
Rainy days
Its been pretty rainy since arriving to Kaohsiung so our beach and other exploration travels have been greatly inhibited. Bummer. Yesterday we walked a couple miles around town to the harbor, to IKEA, and then to the Dream Mall, which has a big ferris ...
Kaohsiung or 高雄
Kaohsiung, the largest city in southern Taiwan is also a major port city. It is extremely easy to get to Khoushuing; you can take a bus, train or the new Taiwanese high speed rail line. This is the quickest form of transportation by far and a ticket ...
Four Temples and a Consulate
... and emerging from his mouth. Our final stop of the day was the former British consulate, a lovely brick building on the hill behind Kaohsiung. The building itself on the interior was not much: there was a set up of a British official drinking tea with a ...
No earthquake
... related items in the international news about Taiwan. There was a small earthquake in the North yesterday, but nothing here in Kaohsiung. From what I gather, no damage was done. The Taiwanese government is getting ready for a Typhoon to hit Taipei ...
Taiwanese Hospitality Makes Our Pants Tight
... and agreed that we would need to hire someone to recover our data. Unfortunately, that someone couldn't be found in that store or any store she knew of in Kaohsiung. And that's the reason we're now packing a PC ...
Stupid Jetlag
... ;We have yet to find stinky tofu, and Dave is extremely disappointed. In fact he cried himself to sleep tonight ;-) !!!!!!!!!! Taiwan has Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, TGI Friday's, McDonalds, and many other America stores. We are highly disappointed. ...
Memorial Day in Taiwan
It is a totally different tradition in Taiwan. Memorial Day in Taiwan means a time to officially remember, pay respect and tend to ancestors who have passed on. So we spent the day doing just that. It was a great way of learning and ...
Teaching in Taiwan
... the environment. My life is way more interesting! I hope that answers some of your questions about my teaching experience here in Taiwan. Yes, it can be a ton of work some days with all the prep and homework that has to be graded. But come the end ...
Xin Nian Kaui Le!
... was glad I hadn't wasted the time because I found out soon after that it was the beginning of an election campaign in Kaohsiung. For about a month, the different candidates swathed the streets in banners and were out day and night making as much noise as ...
January 22, 2009: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
... It should be pretty neat. Few people live on the West and Southern Coasts and more of them are aboriginal peoples. In Kaohsiung we stayed at National Sun Yatsen University, another breathtaking campus. Seriously, if I wanted to go to school to ...
Kaohshiung Feb.2008
Still affected by the lack of sunshine, we decided to try and head south in search of warmer and sunnier prospects. For the most part it was warmer. Not so sunny though. We did however have a good time. It was very similar to ...
Disneyland of Taiwanese Temples
... about 5 minutes on the MRT itself (3 stops) and it let me off directly at the railway station. The railway station in Kaohsiung is quite modern and, thank goodness, they had an English speaking information desk! Even though I knew where I wanted to ...
Travel is in the air
... take credit for the first one, but they others were my doing. Next weekend I am off to Orchid Island (off the east coast of Taiwan) with Ally (my housemate) and Old Fred. I've never met Old Fred before, but I already find him quite diverting. He's quite ...