Capitol Hotel - Rome Nantou

As with the previous entry, this entry is written 3 days later in retrospect when I'm back in Taipei. The details should be better as I actually wrote the blog out properly this time. The benefit of hindsight is that I also get to add a few more disclaimers to my entries. When I first started to write this blog, I had decided that I was only going to add the good bits and leave out the bad because at the end of the day that's what we remember ...

... that was working there had actually studied “chocolatiering?” in Brisbane, what are the chances of that happening? After that, we went back to the hotel to rest a bit before dinner. I was running out of money as I had forgotten to get some in Tainan and the only ATM that accepts foreign cards was not working. We decided to go to the Lalu Hotel for dinner as at least that way I can use my card if we need to. The place was a decent hike up a mountain ...

... on the other side of a landslide. The villagers have trampled a kind of path across the middle of the fresh landslide. ) A kind of tunnel built over the road to prevent rocks from falling on the road is filled with mud, earth, sand and rocks. At some sections the mud is almost knee-deep and makes walking very difficult - we later walk outside the tunnel on the slope side. The second section of the tunnel has moved a bit down the slope. the road ...

... up. Trail, where is the trail? Often impossible to see the trail we look around and have to scout for some small old flags from hiking clubs to find the continuation of the trail. With many ups and downs we finally reach the lowest point at about 1.500m. Lupin Shan is over 1.900m in hight, but the trail only gains in hight very slowly and the peak seems to be far away. Then suddenly it's steep up and there we are - on Luping ...

... that shows up in this area is up to 17. There are Spinner dolphin, Bottle nose dolphin, Pygmy killer whale and False killer whalecetc. They will constantly jump above water and play with the passing boats. It is a magnificent scene to watch tons of whales and dolphins leaping in the sea and the beautiful Turtle Island at the same time. The best season for whale watching is between April to ...

... people to enter the Divine tree park each day. Please make appointment early. (2)The Divine tree park is rated as the restricted forest zone, food and pets are prohibited. 15:00~15:40--Street view in Chiao-hsi "Tangwei Brook Park" The Tangwei Park preserves the traditional life style; it is a natural, open place for you to relax. The place appears historical ...

... ze to neni mozne, protoze tam penize mam. Tak slecna stale opakovala slovo 'balance', dokonce mi ho i hlaskovala, tak jsem podekovala a rozloucily jsme se. To, co mne napadlo jako uplne prvni bylo, ze mi to proste z nejakeho duvodu vytisklo listek potvrzujici transakci, penize na listku mi odectou z uctu ale ve skutecnosti mi to zadne neda. Vysla jsem z Mekace a automaticky zamirila pres most rozhodnuta vyzkouset jeste jiny bankomat. Cestou mne napadly ...

... tu moji. I chtela jsem tez rici, ze zde maji vrabce. Nikoli moravske, ale ony male ptacky hnede...Sedaji v houfech na tlusta stebla trav, ale jakmile se priblizis, jsou pryc. Vcerejsi prvni prani nedopadlo nejlepe. Nektere fleky zustaly a to i tehdy, kdyz predem predprany byly. Navic ten praci stroj prilis neodstreduje. Lepe receno, odstreduje jen velke kusy, ty male si musite vyzdimat pekne v ruce. Ale krasne ...

... zveda. Je u sve maminky, takze mne muze vyzvednout az za dve hodiny. Sednu si na patnik pred stanici a cekam. Je zcela nemozne se s mzm nakladem nekde potloukat. Kam se podivas, vsude lide, auta a mopedy. Smrad tu ale ani neni, cekala jsem, ze to bude horsi. Ve 12 se vracim na stanici a tu se ke mne hrne pani ucitelka. Pry mne hned poznala podle toho batohu. Smeje se, jak jsem velika, sama ma asi metr padesat. Jedeme busem k ni domu. Tam se sprchuju a uleham. Jsou dve ...

... middle of the park, and meet Gerhard from Munich, who is halfway through one year of traveling the Pacific rim. The next day we decide to see how far we can make it on our little bikes and spend all day threading our way towards the center of the island for a quick lunch and a visit to a stunning mountain temple with incredibly colorful dragons on its roof. On the way back over the pass, we stop at an isolated little cafe in the mountains to warm up with ...