Toong Mao Kaoshangching Pingtung

... it’s the only place in Taiwan where you can explore beaches. If I’m not mistaken, this is the only place in the world that has this high of a percentage of seashell sand. The lifestyle here is laid back and is a good change of pace for a lot of the locals and their hectic lifestyle. If you are planning on getting away from work for a few days, this is definitely a location that I would highly recommend.

... the mountain. We reached the top of the misty mountain about an hour before sunset and spent the last daylight walking around a park area at the top with 900 year-old red cypress pines and moss-covered boulder streams. It was very pretty, peaceful, and cool as opposed to the coastal heat. We returned to the parking lot in time to catch a beautiful mountain sunset before driving down through the clouds and heading back to Taipei.<br><br>It was an amazing trip around the island!<br><br>

... want - they got it. I must admit that I am getting used to being presented with the whole animal. Picking apart the fish body to get at the meat and spitting out the bones, ripping off the shrimp's head and peeling off its legs (the two I ate were especially juicy and squirted all over the table) really isn't all that bad anymore. However, I do need to keep practicing eating with my chopsticks, I am still not a master. I still drop food on ...

This past Friday was Taiwan's Independence Day (even though the true "Independence Day" is still hotly disputed between differing age groups in this country, it is the day the government officially identifies as the official one). Which only means one thing: a three-day weekend! Some of the experienced staff decided to spend their three-day weekend by purchasing plane tickets to explore neighboring countries in Asia. However, as a new teacher who is required ...

... wall) that stands about 20 feet above ground level. We drove a bit further down the street, got out, and walked up the steps onto the sea wall. The coast bordering the China Sea is about 150 feet away from me and the first thing I realize that the beach sand is black. Also, there is an inordinate amount of trash on the beach. The Taiwanese do not swim in the ocean on the west side of Taiwan because years of industrial and municipal dumping have polluted the waters, a fact that ...

HE SAID: We picked up our rental car in Kaohsiung for our drive to Taiwan's most beautiful beach area, Kenting. I was so happy that the car had GPS or we may have never made it out of the city. Unfortunately the roads in the GPS system are in Chinese and the voice prompter must not speak Chinese so we really had to follow the arrows on the screen and only go by the ...

... delays. Services from Eva Air were superb. They really took care of us well. So we left Houston around 1pm on 25th and arrived to Taiwan on 27th at around 9:30am (somewhere in there we lost a day!). OK so that really wore us out! Emma was a true champion.. did really well with the trip- especially with all the great food they fed us and movies in flight-- she was satisfied ...

Kaum zu glauben, dass jetzt schon fast Halbzeit ist. Die Zeit verging wirklich wie im Flug, aber ich habe auch wirklich, wirklich viel erlebt. Auch jetzt noch entdecke ich fast jeden Tag neue, kleine und grosse Besonderheiten, die mir bisher noch nicht aufgefallen sind und die mich daran erinnern, wie besonders es ist, hier in Taiwan zu sein. Ueber Nejahr hat es mich wieder nach Kenting, ganz in den Sueden der Insel verschlagen (und wer meinen Blog aufmerksasm ...

... done a million flys and presses. Sammy told us that it was "blown out" and a lesson in the water would not have been good. We left with "same place, same time". Back at the hostel we read and napped after eating lunch. We took a walk to the 7/11 to get a phone card to call about a trip to Green Island and also so I could talk to Jon, a friend form SFU wrestling who lives in Kaohsiung. Scooters are everywhere and it is not uncommon to find small ...

... t imagine a stranger in LA lending me their scooter without signing an indemnity/liability form in triplicate and making a significant security deposit. Although Pingtung is a small town, we stumbled upon an extraordinary temple, with an elaborately decorated roof (see photos). In Khaosiung, we met up with Amber, who was intent on feeding us every single type of food available for sale in the city. Italian pasta is extremely popular in Taiwan and is ...