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Taichung Slideshow
Taichung
Travel Blogs from Taichung, Taiwan
Update
... today I have been feeling 'under the weather' for about ten days now. This is the third time I have been sick since coming to Taiwan 4 months ago and I am not impressed. BUT I am trying not to let it get me down. Yes I have been thinking about Canada a ...
高美溼地 Gaomei Wetlands
This past week I visited the Gaomei Wetlands located in Taichung County. The range of creatures which reside here include; crabs, fish, birds and invertebrates. Locals and tourists who visit the wetlands usually enjoy snacks from the various vendors ...
Cultural Exchange
... are not exactly interested in eating them ever again. We did encounter a street performer, which we haven't seen before in Taiwan. He was dressed like the Greendale Human Being from Community and did some dance routines in exchange for money. He ...
Ya Crazy Munchkins!
... public schools. She's very New Age in the 80's kind of way. Then there is Gloria, who is a strait-forward woman, a fine rarity in Taiwan. Kiki is the ultra-quirky artsy sort. She cracks me up. Then there is Frank, who is from mainland China. He has a very ...
Providence University
... but were too slow to get a picture. But Jake got his schedule set, 9AM-noon M-F, and we made our way to our hotel, the one that we set up before arriving-not knowing that Taichung is HUGE and that it is a good 40 miles from the school and quite ...
Female Canadian Needs a Job!
... the line "I haven’t been here for a week yet!’...and then all is well haha. I have an interview tomorrow in Taichung and hopefully one in Kaohsiung (southern city) on Wednesday. I am going to dazzle them with my smile and wit and ...
Farewell Taiwan...
How does one articulate how a place has changed body, mind and soul? Taiwan and its people have prompted an immeasurable transformation in all that I am and knew. I know that I had a hand in these changes, but I am positive that my life in ...
Mission: Totally Possible
... other interview because a) I really didn't want to go through the stress of doing another interview/demo and b) I thought I'd come back to Taichung and this job anyways. Word on the street is that its a good school. I didn't mean to ...
Christmas and More
... ;Other than that, life here has been pretty normal, with night market excursions and random pit stops. This week I got my Taichung Public Library card, and finally checked out some books. You know you're a teacher when all the books you check ...
Taiwan day 3: Switching hotels
... . In particular trees and insects, the latter of which depends on your luck :) After lunch we sat on a shuttle to our hotel in taichung - it would be some 3 hours before we arrive there. A quick dinner(shown below) and off we go to check out our hotel ...
1,000 Dragonflies
... kids are insanely amazing!!! * Coloring with markers and talking with friends is an extremely relaxing pass time. * I watch more chick flicks in Taiwan than I ever did in the States :) Ok that is all for today. A fun story and some random facts make for ...
Grand opening for Costco in Taichung!!
Hi all.. For the past couple years Amy has had to drive to Taipei for Costco shopping or otherwise shop in multiple grocery stores for the supplies she needs... Well this weekend Costco opened... so we went to check it out... We filled the cart ...
My little home
... was asking me if I had an ID number (like I should have one someone gave me) but he was really asking me if I'd been in Taiwan before. Wish I was more swift...gosh! He let me go, but he prolly thought I was suspicious b/c I wasn't asnwering his question ...
Cribs - Taiwan Edition
Finally all settled in! Despite the fact that we technically moved into our sweet new pad on Tuesday, we are just now finishing unpacking and getting stuff put away. It's funny how quickly we manage to acquire stuff. We started our ...
Lions Head Mountain Hiking Trip
... high speed rail. High speed rails are great! I have also taken the one in Spain. Traveling is so easy on them and very comfortable. Taiwan's HSR is also very clean which is nice. After the train we were going to catch a bus to get to the hiking trails. ...
Feng Chia Night Market
... a fair on the streets. It had tons of fair food like: chocolate bananas, baked potatoes, and funnel cakes along with some Taiwan specific foods like: stinky tofu, duck, and prawns (we think). I tried the stinky tofu, which smells absolutely disgusting but ...
It's Almost Christmas!!! :)
This week has been pretty uneventful compared to my last week in Thailand. After returning to Taiwan I ended up getting sick :( I ended up with a cold so I spent the last week battling that. I am feeling better now though. It was a pretty low key week ...
TaiKong, I mean Taichung
... would fix it as soon as she was free but her customer told her deal with me first. Courtesy. Don't you miss it. Taichung has been an amazing experience so far as English is not as dominate here as in Taipei and understandable. People apologise for ...
Trip to Taiwan 2005 rocks...
The best trip ever for now.. no need to study, spent 3weeks just for relax in Taichung, Hualian, Taipei, Kenting, Yilan, n many more cities...i've gone to museums, historical places n famous places with my cozen Silvia, my teacher ShuLi jie. A lot of ...
Hallows Eve
... grown up time. Four teacher girls and I decided to head to The Refuge, a hippie community in the mountains outside of Taichung. It is basically a broken-down old amusement park where concerts are held. This was tons of fun and we met a ...
Goodbye 2009 Hello 2010
... low key. We didn't get off of work until 7:00PM on New Year's Eve so we didn't end up going out of town. We stayed in Taichung and headed to Chung Hsing University. This is the university where I take my Chinese class and it is a 5 min walk from my house. ...
The Tigers Came to Play!
The Tigers are on a roll in Taiwan! The girls have gone undefeated with a 3-0 record so far in the tournament and are guaranteed a berth in the 1st vs. 2nd playoff qualifier. They will be up against Xiamen who has also gone 3-0 in the round robin thus ...
Arriving in Taipei.
... not go to Taiwan directly from China (that sticky international thing).... So we hop in the car for the drive down Taichung.... I am telling them Elaine wants pictures of feet and Tina wants pictures of toilets..... Does anyone else have a ...
Downtown Taichung
After registering for Jake's classes we took a taxi to downtown Taichung, by the train station. The train station is not exactly an upscale area (come to find out), but it wasn't awful and the hotel room was okay-ish. We got ...
Surviving week 2
... ..I am presently at my school late just so I can update all uze!! So everybody better appreciate this lol. Like everything else in Taiwan getting the internet most likely will end up to be quite the adventure. And me being sick, I'm just not up for an ...
Contracts, conferences and a quake
... to make last week. We received our contracts for next year. It was such a stressful week. They are opening some new schools in Taichung next year and we were all unclear of some of the changes that were happening. In the end I have decided to stay for a ...
Let the Games Begins
... was a day filled with adventure and excitement and our first taste of SCISAC volleyball action. Our teams arrived in Taiwan and immediately built strong bonds with the students from the other participating schools. Suffice it to say, we were ...