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Taichung Slideshow
Taichung
Travel Blogs from Taichung, Taiwan
Living in Taiwan
... to bring you to those places. In big cities, like Taipei, the night market is open everyday but in small cities like Taichung, it's usually just done two times a week. Religion. Most of the Taiwanese poeple do not believe in God. Buddhism and Taoism ...
Ruby = Freedom
I FINALLY got myself some wheels!!! My new-to-me scooter isn't the shiniest penny but she's got years of experience on the crazy Taichung roads. I thought I could learn from her. I got her for a sweet deal - 8000NT ($265 CAD) and she seemed ...
Getting Better
... Taiwan is not a long term place for us when we, more often than not, seek out places where we don't feel like we are in Taiwan! Although Jake's Chinese is really coming along; he can mostly order our dinners in Chinese now! And when I have him ask an ...
Summing Up Taiwan
... (9): The Millenium Trilogy, To Kill A Mockingbird, Daisy Miller, The Beast in the Jungle, Wicked, The Poisonwood Bible, Lonely Planet Taiwan Jake (14): The Millenium Trilogy, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Poisonwood Bible, The Turn of the Screw, The Hard ...
The Journey of Taste Buds
... since he used to come to eat with his father. The afternoon was spent touring around Taichung. Taichung is locates in the middle of Taiwan and used to be the seat of provincial government and has several famous public and private universities and ...
A wash out
Unfortunately I didn't get to do as much as I wanted here today as I wasn't feeling the best with a headache that was making me feel a little nauseous. Even after drinking lots of water and a feel isotonic drinks got a little better in the later parts of ...
Catching Up Time!
... spent a Friday night in the night market with 4 of the Chinese teachers. Such a fun chance to be around individuals that knew Taiwan, and a great chance to get to know them too. Teacher Fam: I am very lucky to already have made my Taiwanese friends ...
Happy Happy Joy Joy
... Emili from the US and Ria from New Zealand and they are really cool. They live in Dakeng, in the mountains just outside of Taichung, in a huge house with three other girls. They have an open-house policy so there are always people coming and going. ...
Rain Rain Go Away...
... tip of the island during a typhoon would be very foolish, so if there are any warnings we will have to stay put. Luckily Taichung (where I live) is surrounded by mountains so when other parts of the islands are hit really hard by typhoons; we just get ...
Costco Run
This morning we made the trip to Costco, it wasn't too bad getting there-but once we were there we remembered why we both despise Costco! Costco: 1. Is way to expensive, I don't care what country you are in! 2. Is way to crowded: always, always, always. ...
It's the Most wonderful Time of the Year!
... usual good deals, and some great Christmas presents. I also visited a flower festival in the mountains of Da Keng near Taichung. There were gorgeous fields of sunflowers, daisies and wild flowers, along with some great farmers ...
Party?!
had an amazing time with these sisters. the poop restuarant.. riding on those scooters, all the food, and of course... partying it up ...
Little Europe
Tonight we went to Little Europe in downtown Taichung. Our first stop was a tappas restaurant called, what else, Tappas Tappas. This was supposed to be a Spanish restaurant which sounded good to us. So we ordered nachos, spaghetti with meat sauce, and ...
Cool rocks, snow and other fun in January
... he was getting his diaper changed! Ridiculous! The week was exhausting but I had fun with the little ones. Well that's all from Taichung. Many more entries to come about my trips in February! Until then....love ya and miss ya! ...
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So I have been a bum at posting but here is what I can remember for the past two weeks. The actual order of occurring events may or may not be correct. Two weekends ago, the highlight of my weekend was going to the jade market and various ...
This Weekend
... he loves to make in America. Then we went to see Unstoppable, the new Chris Pine and Denzel Washington movie. Because Taiwan does not celebrate Thanksgiving we couldn't be too bothered by the huge Christmas decorations that had been set up outside the ...
Day trip into the mountains
Today, we had a late start. SW's sister treated us to dinner last night and I ended up watching the movie 'Confucus' which didn't really shed all that much light on what I know about his history. Still...it did knock me out until the ...
A trip into a Canyon and Aboriginal Village
... check on that someday. Along the way to the Forest reserve we passed by one of the few glutinous rice bridges in Taiwan (near Beigang). This bridge (rebuilt recently) uses mortar made from glutinous rice as a component. Seems to have worked ...
Another fun day in TaiChung
We have finished another fun day in Taichung Here is another short update of what we did: After eating breakfast and loading the bus, 6 boys were missing. It turned out the 6 boys were still getting their beauty sleep. The girls' bus went ahead to ...
T. H. E. Good Times
... where some friends had showed up and brought some beer! We joined them on the deck....can't get much better than music, Taiwan beer and stimulating conversation. Hours passed, then all of a sudden it was time for dinner! Heidi and Katie came over to cook ...
On the train again
I will be leaving Taichung today and travelling to Hualien by train and unfortunately I couldn't get the train I wanted when I booked so have to leave on an afternoon train which means I don't get to Hualien till after seven pm this means I am on a train ...
Day 4: Back to the city
... away. The last hotel we stayed at in the Taichung suburbs was a nice bungalow resort, and we had a small wooden bungalow to ourselves. There was not much to do or ...
Ruined..for life
The high was about 37 degrees here today and I thought I was going to melt at 11 am. So I knew I had to do something right quick which included some a.c. I had gone shopping the day earlier so I decided to see a movie..and not just ...
Just the beginning!
... been so helpful with pointing me in the right direction for anything I need and giving me all the tricks of the trade for living in Taiwan! This weekend we have an all staff party to celebrate a birthday and the end of the school year. I am excited to go ...
Getting Settled
It has been a full week now in Taiwan and I am becoming more settled. I am beginning to learn street names and sort of know where I am when people take me places! The last few days have been busy doing thing around town. My "super buddy", a teacher from ...
Different from the states....
There are a lot of little things that are different here than in the states so I figured I would write one blog and tell you about some of them! 1) You never wear shoes inside a home or our school unless they are your inside shoes. Many of the students ...