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,
Touring Taiwan’s East Coast – Chihpen’s royal Hotsprings
On the way back from the East Coast tour I stopped at a small little town called Chihpen (or Zhi Ben), perhaps one of the most famous locations for hotsprings in Taiwan. The town is absolutely overwhelmed with all kinds
Taiwan’s East Coast – Sixty Stone Mountain
After completing the drive from Tainan through Paolai, Mei Shan and the beautiful mountain road I arrived at the east coast. The valley stretching out from the high mountains of central Taiwan to the mountains of the east coast was
Scenic Coastal Cross Island Road 20 – Taiwan’s Central Mountains
This scenic coastal cross island road number 20 is absolutely gorgeous. If you have the time, you should definitely take it, preferably very slowly, and see some of Taiwan’s beautiful natural scenery. I did it for a whole day, stopping
From Tainan to East Coast : Scenic road 20, Bao Lai and Mei-Shan Kou
A few weeks ago, just before the semester started, I went on a short trip towards Taiwan’s east coast. Following many recommendations I’ve read, I wanted to do that the hard and beautiful way – through the scenic road number
Taiwan’s Countryside : Rice fields wind waves
Probably among the most relaxing things to watch. This is from my trip to the east coast, near Chishang – famous for its quality rice. Absolutely gorgeous. I love the endless rice fields in Taiwan’s country side, laid out in
Taiwan’s street food : the “food trucks”
Feeling hungry late at night? happens to me alot, but luckily – there’s a lot of street food in Taiwan. Anybody for some 小吃? The ones I really like are the “food trucks”. At the street corner surrounding NCKU and
Taiwan’s Super Buses – Night bus from Tainan to Taoyuan Airport
Instead of taking the train/HSR up to the airport, I took the regular night bus. It reminded me of my first arrival in Taiwan a few years back. Never in my life, anywhere else, have I seen anything like it.
60 years of Israeli independence celebrated at the Tainan County Holocaust museum
The Tainan County Bao An Holocaust Museum had a ceremony to celebrate Israel’s 60 years of independence. I went there twice before to help them out with their request to learn how to sing some songs in Hebrew. Arriving there
