Forte Hotel Hsinchu
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Travel Blogs from Hsinchu
Farewell Taiwan and Thank You!
... to continue to get the tone wrong and therefore the words.
A massive thank you to everyone who has contributed to our time here, we shall miss you and Taiwan hugely!
There are simply too many happy memories to put into writing, so instead we are adding our favourite images from the weird to the wonderful. Thank you Taiwan, you have been loved!
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Planning to get Leh'd
... particular research. A multitude of posts and questions on the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree Forum narrowed down the Indian portion of the trip from the original (completely unrealistic) plan of Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan, Goa, northern Kerala and West Bengal to simply Delhi, Rajasthan and Agra. India is huge. Which is probably why it’s referred to as a sub-continent.
There were so many things to take care of, so much planning to do, that it felt almost overwhelming ...
What's In A Name
Many of you shall be watching the Olympics next summer, a few of the luckier ones will be there in person, but don't expect to see any athletes from Taiwan. No, there has not been a boycott, sadly Taiwan is not allowed to represent itself as Taiwan. Instead, the team will be named Chinese Taipei. The United Nations and most of the world does not recognise Taiwan as a country. In fact the only European country that recognises Taiwan is the Vatican. The rest belong in South America ...
Shadowfax
... a bag, a helmet, an air pump, a U-lock... The other salespeople (the store always seemed a bit overstaffed) quickly got to work fixing the equipment to the bike while Friendly English Speaker Cashier rung up the bill.
It was like twice what (I thought) it should have been.
"I thought those were free??"
"lol not free."
I apologized for the misunderstanding (it sounded like ...
"Teachah, Teachah!"
... popular team names the kids came up with:
Team Angry Birds
Team Super Junior (a K-Pop boy band)
Team Super Mario Galaxy
Team Super Mario Galaxy II
Team Super-Super Mario Galaxy
Team Lady Gaga
Team Justin Bieber
Team Baby
Team Baby Baby
Team Dinosaur
Team Jeremy Lin
Team Linsanity
Team Linpossible
etc.
I'm sure "Team Gangnam Style" has been added since.
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Business Services
- Free parking