OK Hill Hotel Kenting

Kenting is located at the southernmost tip of Taiwan and is noted for its white beaches, boardwalk atmosphere and street vendors. When I went, this reminded me of the boardwalks that are prevalent at the beaches in the United States. This is one of the top vacation destinations in Taiwan because of Kenting's laid back, easy going atmosphere. The scenic area of Kenting has become more accessible these past few ...

29th to the morning of 31st we spent in Lao Chi Chia , about 45 minutes drive and 2.0 hours walk north-east of Fangliao. In the village Chi Chia, where the Paiwan Tribe from Lao Chi Jia was moved under KMT rule we meet the owner of the home-stay in the old village. We follow him, who rides a motor- bike by car - at first road, then dirt road, then temporary road in the riverbed. Here we really get a ...

5 days trip to Pingtung County and Kaoshiung County. On the first day three of us went down to Kaoshiung by High Speed Rail, where we met 2 other friends, rent a car and went down south of Fangliao. Here we spent the afternoon leisurely in a coffee shop ( one of several on this stretch ) beside the coast.<br>The night we decided to stay in Fangliao's F3 Art's distict ( www.f3art.com ). We got a ...

It has been a while since we have had time to update this thing. We have been racing around eating different things and exploring on our scooters. Hopefully I can remember everything...<br>So last week we went to Monkey Mountain just outside of Kaohsiung. We had heard that you can occasionally see a monkey or two while meandering through the paths and were hoping that we would at least see one little guy. At the beginning we found an old cranky monkey sitting in a tree that didn't like ...

On the weekend of the 25th we again borrowed a car and set out for Hua-Lien. We were heading out to visit Jacy's grandparents in Guang-Fu. We had supper in Guang-Fu and visited some relatives there. The weather was pleasantly cool for summer in the 70's and damp after a recent rain. Guang-Fu is a quiet rift valley town in the middle of miles of rice a sugarcane fields. The valley it sits in is borded by mountains blanketed by deep green jungle rainforest made up of palm trees ...

... table all the time. The guide didn't eat with us. He and the bus driver ate together at a table at the other end of the restaurant: I find it strange how our hosts never eat with us. The same thing happened with the students who took us hiking; it can be kind of uncomfortable because they separate themselves from our large obvious waiguoren group. Bien Laoshi told us that in China it is unprofessional to eat with your clients...alright ...

... tone lighter. It was definitely an odd sight to see people bundled up for a trip to the beach. That evening we went to a small Italian restaurant, bought a few beverages, and sat by the beach while the locals lit fireworks and a band played at a local beach front bar. I cannot lie, it was very nice to be sitting on a tropical island beach, sipping a margarita in my shorts and t-shirt at 11pm on an October evening! I went to bed early on Friday night ...

Total Distance: 8 km Today is my departure from Penghu. As my ship is only leaving at four o'clock pm I have some time to kill. After a breakfast, which I got from the receptionist lady in the Youth Hostel, I walk through Makong city and have coffee in the Panda coffee shop. The decision on taking the ship or flying was a tough one. Having fresh memories of my very bad sea sickness on my transshipment from Matsu to Keelung last year I just pray that the ocean ...

... nur so wimmelte: Korallenriffe mit Clownfischen und Annemonen, daneben ekelige Moraenen, meterlange Algenstraenge, Haifische, etc. Auch die Beluga-Show fehlte nicht (die armen Tierchen...) aber was mir komischerweise ganz besonders in Erinnerung geblieben ist, sind die Schlammhuepfer, die ich zum ersten mal life habe huepfen sehen. Als sich dann das Jahr dem Abend neigte wurde es typisch Taiwanesisch rapellvoll und trubelig, richtiges Sylvesterfeeling also ...

Wow everybody, Taiwan has been really amazing so far. And pretty much the day I left the Taipei area it stopped raining as well and I am having temperatures of somewhere between 25 and 30 degrees. And (clear) blue skies! The people of this island are just so friendly! I also hitchhiked quite a lot, which turned out to be very easy. Well, below I'll tell the story in a chronological order. Last time I wrote an entry I wrote that before leaving Taipei, I ...