Last week Tainan City hosted the "International Boat Festival 2009". Tainan City and International in the same title sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Tainan’s trying. They put up an English website, prepared English flyers and all, but
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou
I was a bit surprised the first time I realized that Sun Yat Sen (孫中山, Sun Zhong Shan) is considered to be the founding father of the modern Chinese nation by both China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. From biographies I
Taiwan’s Storyland at Taipei
Taiwan’s Storyland (台灣故事館, táiwān gùshìguǎn) is a weird combination of a museum, a theme park and restaurant-market, and yet – although probably aimed at the local Taiwanese I thought it was terrific fun. Since everytime I’m in Taipei I stay
Taiwan’s History : Pingtung County’s Hengchun Ancient City
Hengchun (恆春鎮, meaning Town of Eternal Spring) received fame last year through Cape no. 7, Taiwan’s highly successful movie set in southern Taiwan. What I was mainly impressed with, is how well the old town of Hengchun is preserved. Built
The 2009 Kaohsiung Song-Jiang Jhen Battle Array in Neimen
Taiwan has really amazing events going on. This month Taiwan had Spring Scream 2009, Taiwan’s biggest music festival held in southern Kending, but another interesting festival that didn’t get as much attention, atleast from the expat community, is the 2009
Chinese New Year 2009 – Danshui
For Chinese New Year 2009 I was invited to join a lovely Taiwanese family up in Danshui, just north of Taipei. The whole area enjoys an amazing view of the Tamshui river and the surrounding mountains. The area has some
Taiwan Suggested Itinerary & Visit Summary
Following is a short summary of most of the places I took my mother to visit around Taiwan (and related posts). Probably a few I already forgot about. North Taipei Touring Taipei : National Palace Museum Shilin Terrific Chinese Opera,
NCKU IIMBA Field-Trip to ITRI
If you’re living in Taiwan and work in anything related to IT then you’ve probably heard about ITRI: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) – a national research organization that serves to strengthen the technological competitiveness of Taiwan. Since our inception,
Taiwan Google Maps now includes Pinyin English street names
A question for you – what’s different with this Google map of Tainan? (captured from the Tainan Directory on a Google map on INCKU frontpage) Yep, it’s hard to believe but along side the Chinese street names are now Pinyin
East Coast with local Taiwanese – Sixty Stone Mountain, Chishang and Loshan
Arriving late to Sixty Stone Mountain, it was getting dark and fogy and eventually it started to rain. I was lost and I had no idea how to get off the mountain. All turns I took led to nowhere. Finally,
