Sun Moon Lake Apollo Resort Hotel Nantou

... We stayed in Shuishe village by the lake (the other option was Itashao), which was really just a couple of streets lined with restaurants, minshu (kind of like a B&B homestay thing, similar to Minshuku in Japan I believe), and souvenir stores. Neither of us had been there before and to be honest it was rather underwhelming. Perhaps it was a bit overcast and hazy, I’m not sure, but we weren’t exactly impressed by the lake. It was also the first ...

... t have anywhere to sleep for the night but then we came a place that had plenty of rooms for us. They had many different options for us. One of the rooms we booked had 4 double beds all in a row, right next to each other. Essentially it was 1 really long bed. We also got another room with 2 beds. We sleep with 6 people in the mega bed. After dropping off some of our things we headed out to check out the lake. It was BEAUTIFUL! There were mountains ...

... some of the interesting/disgusting food here. I don't know that I will ever be brave and try some of these things!

I have started to become really good and expressing what I need through pointing. I feel like a toddler all over again. There are some places where you can find people that speak some English but not everywhere so you have to rely on pointing and hoping they understand. We had gone shopping and bought what we thought were sheets and a ...

... I watched as many of them leaned it at angles I hadn't really thought of to catch drops I hadn't even seen or felt coming until it was too late. The next day Tania convinced me that two umbrellas were the only way for us both to attain these incredible skills the Taiwanese have and reach umbrella enlightenment so I purchased another umbrella at the day market, so far that $3 would be better off in my belly as it hasn't rained since.

... resort locations in the north region of Taiwan. On the top of the rich forest landscapes, there are various wide lives such as birds, butterflies, squirrels, Mandarin ducks and mallards inhabiting within. At every early summer, the cicadas fill up the whole mountain; they sing together and compose the most charming music of Mother Nature. Travelers come here all enjoy themselves so much ...

... culture "Baimi Clogs Village" There are three clogs museums sitting right next to each other displaying various clogs. With guided tour, you will understand clogs are really a gem of Chinese traditional culture. You can experience DIY, painting and making your own clogs. Purchasing your favorite clogs including customizing them, picking your own leather string! Clogs ...

... se to tak jen navenek zda. Mozna by bylo zajimave zjistit pocet sebevrazd mezi mladymi lidmi, pokud tu neco takoveho eviduji. U nas je to jine. Nechci se nejak poustet do rozboru toho jake, chtela jsem jen vyjadrit ten pocit z toho, ze o neco prichazime. Samozrejme za to mame neco jineho. Ale to uz je jina vec. Kampus prinasi jiste pohodli, bezstarostnost. Vse, co by mohli studenti potrebovat maji u nosu, nemuseji nic hledat ve meste. Kdyz by ...

... nebo anglictina. Snazime se ji verit. Ona ma vlastne na jednu stranu pravdu, alespon, co se mluveni tyce. Tezke jsou znaky, na pamatovani, ale zase jsou krasne. Piseme ted diktaty uz kazdy den, docela to houstne... Take jsem se dnes rozhodla, ze se tu zkusim podivat po nekom, kdo by se se mnou vydal o Vanocich trochu porozhlednout po ostrove. Na narodnosti nezalezi. Samotne se mi uz nejak nechce. Preji hezky vikend vsem, at jsou kdekoli. jana

... pretty easy, talking to the village chief, his son, one of the teachers and some others from the villgage we already know from previous trips and the hike up to Da Ba Mountain. Reading a good book on the coffee shop's platform, drinking a peach bin sha ( fesh peach with shreddered water ice ) with view over mountains and valleys under perfectly blue sky is a real treat and pleasure. On 24th, I am told that the village will hold a ground ...

... word that devout people must say 10,000 times each day. I did my best to unsuccessfully drift off to sleep. We arrived at a stunning mountaintop Buddhist monastery (see photos). In fact, with all the temples I had seen to this point, this sheer massiveness of this complex dwarfed all others. This is very unusual for a Buddhist monastery, since the tenets of Buddhism eschew material goods and advocate living a life of simplicity and humility. How then did this billion dollar ...