Holiday Inn East Taipei

... as Gaoxiong and Taichung.  Thailand gets all the tourism, but a lot of East Asian countries (Taiwan, Japan, Korea) are just as good for a holiday - I don't know why they've been neglected!?  I prefer these places than South East Asia!  

... to take a taxi from there. I was quite surprised that all the taxi drivers did not speak any English at all and Holiday Inn was a big question mark for them. They only knew the Chinese name. Luckily the guy from the information center has written down the ...

... guy said "whatever and stormed off". Anyway. Nice hotel, best I've stayed at so far. Not 5 star, but by western standards probably a nice Holiday Inn type. It was now 6 AM, I took a long hot bath, first time I had a bath tub and real hot water in a long ...

... the beginning of the park. I further hitched all the way back to Hulien with some awesome Taiwanese guys who were on holiday. Hac went back to Taipei, and in one long day, I trained it all the way down the east coat to Taitung and then to Fangliao ...

... . Sushi, Tempura, Prawn Crackers, Sweet and Sour, a whole mix of Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese fare. I was really enjoying this holiday. After we got ourselves all nice and plump, Carol and Lisa had to go get some posy photos taken, where Dan, Junya, ...