Harbor View Hotel Keelung

... was called back in by the lifeguard.

Around noon we picked up the friend who had completed their dive course and headed further down the coast to check a few more surf spots. On the way, we stopped at a seafood resturant for some fresh squid dishes. After lunch we stopped at several black-sand coves and walked around, enjoying a shady calm afternoon under an umbrella of rainclouds that ...

A great adventure and wonderful new museum and park in Keelung. Posted details at the Globetrotting with kids

... into the water. I put on one layer of sunscreen which I believe saved me from getting burned as bad as Ryan but I still got burned over the course of our three hour beach extravaganza. I'm definitely applying it more frequently next time. On our way back we followed the path to the left until it lead us to a spectacular view of the beach. No one was around either, perfect. We had a great time and ensured that our local Cossmed stayed in business by purchasing all of there Aloe products.

... told and have read, it's a pretty typical coastal town. The first thing you notice is how dirty the beaches are. The second thing you notice are all the surfers out in the water. It was cold and windy, but there must have been fifteen or twenty guys bobbing around in the waves. A few westerners had a little campsite set up for themselves on the beach...tent, campfire, etc. We had lunch in a little seafood restaurant right across the street from the water. If there was one ...

The night markets are definitly one of the highlights of Taipei. Just imagine tens of thousands of people jammed into a few streets. Lots of delicious food stands and people everywhere trying to sell you things. Very delicious and very cheap.

... 50s I think and wearing enough make-up to shame ANY corpse at ANY funeral home. LOL. She was pretty funny though...and through gestures and many rounds of 'international charades' we managed to get some pictures of all parties involved. It was stinkin' hot that day...but thankfully there was also a nice ocean breeze that kept us nice and cool. We spent some 2 hours exploring the park and just taking lots of pictures. On our way out of the park we had to pass through this tunnell of food ...

Holy **** batman! Taipei rocks. The city has a nightlife that is hard to describe coming from our own lame-o 3am lockout and couple of bars. Considering most of the population sustaining the night spots is foreigners that is impressive. The food here is terrific and if once out of the central city if you can put up with the odd waft of raw sewrage, it's all good ( I had tempanyaki, BBQ, random dim sum and beef noodles and ...

... us that the had been pushed to far along the runway for them to refuel the aircraft using the normal fuel lines, so they had to drive a couple of lorries to us and then fill the plane from them, this took just over an hour. Back off to Hong Kong, landed there and were late getting in due to the storms. Had a quick turnaround and then off home to Heathrow.

... s a tourist 'handicraft street' which is pretty. Pretty much the same idea as in Yingge, just swap the pottery for random craft items. There was an exhibition of 'The Wonder of Metal in Taiwanese Art', which to be honest I didn't like too much. Lots of contemporary pieces, mainly consisting of various insects cast out of gold. I think it was the gold that put me off - it just looked too shiny and tacky to be taken seriously. Some of it really was intricate though, and ...

... had the exact change of NT$240 (Taiwan dollars) each and were back on the bus to the airport... On the way I dosed off and snapped my eyes open just as we pulled up to terminal 1. I nudged Julie to wake up, we stepped off the bus, into the nearest bathroom to splash our faces, and asked ourselves..."Did that really just happen?" So in 7 hours we were welcomed into a family's home, ate traditional food, had a tour of Taipei (which is an hour away from the airport by ...