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- Taipei
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- New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
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Taichung Slideshow
Taichung
Travel Blogs from Taichung, Taiwan
Happy 4th of July!
... lot of foreigners hang out. It is a nice escape from the city. I am very excited for this weekend because we are headed out of Taichung! We are going to go and see some monkeys and then go to a place called Sun Moon Lake. As long as the weather holds off ...
Quaint Traditional Tea House- Heaven
Last night we went to a traditional tea house. It was a BEAUTIFUL Japanese style house with a ton of private rooms and a beautiful pond in the middle. When you walk in it smell amazing, everything is dark wood. All of the railings and door frames are ...
Second Day in Taiwan!
... , watched 4-7 year old Taiwanese students perform poems, plays, and songs, oh and met the Educational Delegates from China that came to Taiwan to see the students. No Big Deal. I have learned that being put in a situation like this one allows us to get ...
A Week and a Half in Heaven
... once the kids get used to a foreign teacher it gets better, I sure hope they are right!! Last night Lady Gaga was in Taichung.. .I guess it was a welcome party for the new teachers :) We walked past where she was playing and it was pure chaos.. but ...
Teacher Lauren
So Monday I started teaching!!!!! The first day was amazing. I started my day by getting to school at 7:30. I did one hour of prep (which I was paid for:o) Then I went off to teach the first graders in my aquarium at 8:30. ...
Busy Spring
... laughs that weekend. We then returned to Taichung to pick up Tony from the airport. During the week we took them around Taichung to experience some true Taiwanese things. We visited a traditional tea house where you sit on the ground and someone comes in ...
Backtrack
... but mostly its hot weather, some might say too hot, but not for me. There are some decent outdoor pools in Taichung (Amvets, ChungCheng) for enjoying sunny days. - The community. Foreigners stick together in a place like Taichung and friends feel like ...
A Little Piece of Luv
... find it, considering my favorite place to do work is Heine Brothers!!! It is like my own secret work Heine Brothers in Taiwan!!! Today has been super successful as well!!! The students are really starting to come around to me. I have received many ...
Thanksgiving Round #1
It has been another pretty quiet week with no big adventures. I stayed in Taichung this weekend to get some shopping done and celebrate Thanksgiving. There were a couple exciting things from school as well. This week in class we were learning about ...
Here Comes the Sun!
The rain has finally let up here in Taichung. This comes as much relief for much of Taiwan after the typhoon moved through. As I am sure most of you have seen on the news some parts of Taiwan were hit with a lot of flooding because of the typhoon. This ...
Teacher Teresa
... I laughed, pictures were taken and my thumb was red. I'm sooo excited to move in to my own place tomorrow!!! And then go to Costco for eveything I need...its funny that the very first time I'm gonna go to Costco is not in Canada but in Taiwan ...
Merry Christmas
... the highlights. To start we had another earthquake hit Taiwan. It was a bigger one this time but it was farther away from Taichung. This one registered as a 6.8 but it was over 100 miles away. I was sitting in my bed when it hit. They have lost the ...
seeing family, getting keys!
... on the punching bag at brandons. Had brunch with Brandon and Ash at the Door, then met up with Winnie for Brunch round 2. Took the train to Taichung to pick up keys to the place in Taipei, grandparents were in nantou, so it was uncles and cousin yi-yan. ...
Ni Hao Cornel
Today was so exciting. I finally got to meet the other new Cornel staff. Everyone seems so amazing. We had a fairly busy schedule today. We had breakfast at the hotel, and it was yummy! The noodles were the best. Then ...
Taipei-Taichung-Nantou
Arrival at Taoyuan airport 1200h. Take U-bus (30NTD) to Taoyuan THSR station. Journey = max 30 mins Take THSR to Taichung (520NTD, free seating carriage (10-12)) To Nantou, take Nantou Bus (90NTD). ...
Exploration of the nation
... Illinois for many years and his English is perfect. He helped us with some chinese and finding out where to go around Taiwan. I'm so excited to explore more. We then walked around and got completely lost. Eventually we found a ...
Bout Damn Time I Blogged It
... like a total freak. Thanks for adding to the exotic feeling, kiddo. Good luck when boobies become of interest. Taiwan offers many entertaining moments of strangeness, especially on the daily commute. The garbage trucks play ice cream van music to ...
People. People who need people. Lucky Bastards.
... in most of the locals that I have met. Jen She is the sister of William mentioned above, and one of my dearest friends in Taiwan. We have done a language exchange over lunch once a week since I got here. My Chinese is decent for not having taken a ...
Waterfall Day
... to town. It didn’t much matter by then, we had had a wonderful day and I had rain gear. (Note: when in Taiwan always keep rain gear in your scooter seat for times like this!) All in all it was a fantastic day spent with friends... and ...
Witches, Ghosts.....and SpongeBob
... having our very own ghost was actually scary for them! plus my witch cackle was awesome! There is lots of parties this weekend in Taichung for Halloween but don't think I'll be going to any of them. I've never really been into it, its so tiring figuring ...
To the 921 Earthquake Museum
... Taiwan has a major fault line lengthwise In 1999 sept 21 an earthquake swept the country with its center right outside of Taichung....It happened at night so fortunately school was closed but they built this museum aroun the collapsed school and give very ...
Day 1: Arriving in Taichung from Hong Kong
... day of the Ching Ming and Easter long weekend, and everyone is trying to get out of Hong Kong at the airport! Arriving at Taichung directly from Hong Kong without much delay, we got onto our rental car - a nice new Honda Civic 1.8, and drove into ...
Errands, Dumplings and Xpats
... to make to get through the normal routine..... like moving to a city for us but a lot harder no pics today but Wed night we are going to a Worldcup baseball game USA vs Taiwan... sold out and I guess baseball games here are a real ...
Waterfall
... /going away party, at TGIF :) Hello American food. Well today I am going to get lost in the city, and learn all that Taichung has to offer, and hopefully more Chinese. New friends, new food, and soon to be new Taiwanese babies to teach. It's going to ...
Random Thursday Entry
I am sitting in the staff office, having Hi-Chews (best candy every) thrown at me from across the room (yay for confiscating candy, thanks Trevor:) ) about to head home. I just read a letter from my dad, and I have had a very good day, so I figured ...
Christmas in Taiwan
I can't believe Christmas has come and gone already and that 2011 is just around the corner. The month of December has been a busy one with parties, dinners, and preparing for the holidays! Things have slowed down a little which is nice. I am enjoying a ...
Relaxing Days
... she is really quiet and all my boys are very loud and energetic (to say the least)! This weekend has also been nice. I stayed in Taichung to explore and get some rest. On Friday night I went out with some teachers to see some live music at a bar called ...
Freezing Time
I am elated to be in SE Asia again....and my previous home, Taiwan....or more specifically Dakeng. A few times I had been in Australia I wished for the simpler life I had experienced here, for my many friends and the sense of community that partnered with ...