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Dear Nice Ladies at the Salon
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 22 December 2009
[Editor's note: This is the second post in our temporary "Two for Tuesdays" campaign to catch our blog up to near real-time.] 12/6/09: Taipei, Taiwan Dear Nice Ladies at the Salon, I’m sorry. I’ve never been to any salon, let alone one in a foreign country. My wife made me come after beating me in poker last night. [...]
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Three Meals in Seven Hours is Totally Normal
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 22 December 2009
12/4/09 – 12/6/09: Taipei, Taiwan I guess Tina was worried that we hadn’t been eating well enough so far on our trip, because she and her boyfriend Michael WOULD NOT stop feeding us. Not that I’m complaining about that. On Friday, they took us to La Zhong Jian, an all-you-can-eat hot pot place. Midway through our hour and [...]
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Adventures in Taipei, Part 1
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 21 December 2009
12/2/09 – 12/3/09: Taipei, Taiwan You can’t go to Taipei without visiting the tallest building in the world*. To me, Taipei 101 slightly resembles open takeout boxes stacked on top of one another. And they do have a really awesome food court in the basement of Taipei 101. But I’m sure it’s all pure coincidence. We went [...]
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Saturday in Ximending
Blog: David on Formosa - 5 December 2009
On Saturday afternoon I headed to Ximending (西門町) to meet a friend and see what was happening. The place was abuzz with activity. One of the first things I spotted was this concert going on in the plaza beside the Red Theatre (紅樓). The plaza also has a lively market where young designers and artists [...]
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Hey, Who Stole the Toilet? What Do You Mean I Have to Hit That Hole in the Floor?
Blog: Flying Coach - 4 December 2009
Just a warning, this post may make you uncomfortable, or even offended. If you are one who gets squeamish easily, or who does not like talk of bathrooms, or things resulting from visits to bathrooms, please do not read any further. However, when you travel, the bathroom situation is something to consider, so you might [...]
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How To Use a Squat Toilet
Blog: Flying Coach - 4 December 2009
If you travel overseas enough, you will eventually run into a squat toilet. “What is a squat toilet?” you ask. They come in many varieties, but essentially, it is any toilet which requires you to squat instead of sit in order to conduct your business. From my experience, they are very popular in Asia, the [...]
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Art and architecture in Kaohsiung
Blog: David on Formosa - 30 November 2009
I went to Kaohsiung (高雄) over the weekend. The sunny skies and warm temperatures were a nice contrast to Taipei of late. As well as enjoying the weather I was keen to see two sites of artistic and architectural significance that weren’t open to the public when I visited last year. My first stop was [...]
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The Butterflies of Sun Moon Lake
Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 9 November 2009
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The Path of Enlightenment
Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 3 November 2009
"Master, when can I call myself 'Traveller'?""When Grasshopper, you have found The Other Way""To where?""To the Path. To Nirvana.""As in, 'Teen Spirit'?""No, Grasshopper. Not that Nirvana."I was take The Green Bus. So it was written. From Exit 4, Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT. And yet, there I went and Green Bus found I none. Waiting for me in the mountains was respite from all wordly cares, bliss and comfort. Not to mention a 60 metre infinity pool. But how to reach it?
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My Trip to the Onsen or How to Take a Bath with a Bunch of Other Guys (Part 1)
Blog: Flying Coach - 30 October 2009
Sara and I have returned from our latest trip: Tokyo and Taipei. While I have been to Taipei a few times in the past, this was my first visit to Tokyo. I must say that I absolutely loved it. The people were friendly, the city was safe and clean and the food was incredible. We [...]
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Taiwan ('Ilha Formosa'): a collection of useful travel info
Blog: Timeless Travelling Monk - 28 October 2009
this page has moved to: http://sites.google.com/site/heikorudolph/travel-taiwanall changes and updates on the NEW page.older version below: A collection of travel links for Taiwan.
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Hopes and dreams on parade
Blog: David on Formosa - 18 October 2009
The streets of Taipei came alive this afternoon with the vibrant, noisy and colorful Hope Parade (世界夢想嘉年華). The parade is an annual event organised by the Dream Community (夢想社區) in Xizhi (汐止), Taipei County. The parade began at Freedom Square before a short march through the streets to Ketagalan Boulevard. After arriving on the boulevard in [...]
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Taipei Food Tour
Blog: Ottsworld - 7 October 2009
View my Taipei photography View Taipei snapshots This was my first trip to Taiwan – country number 32. Was I going to see China or was I going to see Hong Kong – I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the tiny island pummeled recently by typhoons. However, I had researched enough to know that at the [...]
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Trip to Hualian and Taroko Gorge
Blog: David on Formosa - 14 September 2009
On Saturday morning I met some friends at Taipei Station and boarded the Taroko Express to Hualian. In Hualian we met our driver and headed down the coast. Once beyond the city limits of Hualian the coastline has a lot of open space apart from a few small settlements. We visited this beach had only [...]
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Taiwan Roadtrip: Highway 9
Blog: Travelicious - 7 September 2009
We started out our Taiwan Roadtrip with a traintrip – a morning train from busy Taipei to the south eastern city of Taitung. Here we picked up our rental car, a cute little Nissan March (at home called Micra) and set out for Taitung Hongye Hot Springs, after getting a little bit lost in the beautiful, tall, green mountains we found it; it was closed. We went in anyway to take a look: It turned out half the place was buried in mud! The typhoon that had raged havoc over southern Taiwan just before we arrived had apparently passed by here.
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Smangus and the Atayal spirit
Blog: David on Formosa - 21 August 2009
I visited Smangus this week to continue the research for my thesis. There were some significant changes in the village since my visit last year. The major one was the new classroom building near the main entrance to the village. Construction began in July last year and was completed in April. There are currently 12 [...]
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Long, hot and Serendipitous Ride
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 15 August 2009
Took a massively long ride with some unexpected happenings today. I'll be leaving Taiwan for a while soon, and I want to get some riding in before I head out. I Left Shijr, where I'm house-sitting, at about eleven and headed along the ugly road to Keelung. Shijr I'm indifferent towards, and Keelung I like. But the road between the two is one of the uglier ones in northern Taiwan. Flat out nothing to write home about for 16 kilometers. Got to Keeling at noon and rode through the Keelung night market, barely recognizing it in the bright daylight.
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Morakat slams Taiwan
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 9 August 2009
Just a quick post to let anybody know that most of typhoon Morakat's force was in the southern half of the island. Taipei had wind and rain, and I saw plenty of tree branches down on my various and ill considered rides about the city on Friday and Saturday. The reservoirs up north that had been at near-drought levels just last week are all overflowing, which, in the balance, is a good thing.
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Electric Mountain Hot Spring
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 29 July 2009
At Grandma Nitti's in Shida about to enjoy her fine 180 NT breakfast special with a bottomless cup of coffee, sorely needed as I got to sleep around eight AM after a night spent hotspringing and hiking around the back end of Yamingshan with Dave aka HANDSOME DAVE. So this blog is a love shout out, and when I come across something worth shouting LOVE at it'll be indicated with BOLD typeface.Hell, let's make it retroactive!
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N Snotklap teen die Kop
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 6 July 2009
(Just a test read prior to publishing. Many, many photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/josambro/Fight#)
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The Weekly Photo: Taipei
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 2 July 2009
Taipei, Taiwan taken from the top of Taipei 101 © Nomadic Matt- visit the Nomadic Matt's Travel Site for more great content and got [...]
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Hiking and River Tracing in Fushan
Blog: Snarky Tofu - 1 June 2009
Went on an amazing hike Friday with Tammy and Phil,Laurie and Chris. Went up to Fushan, a mountain south of Wulai, which is itself on the northern end of the mountain range that forms the spine of Isle Formosa. Readers who still somehow have the impression of Taiwan as being a gigantic metroplex / semiconducter factory, something like a cross between Donguan, China and Tokyo's Ginza, will be greatly illuminated by having a gander at Phillip's page of photos from the trip.
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Daily Travel Photo - Taipei, Taiwan
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 4 May 2009
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Follow me as I travel around the world. [...]
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The Saturday City: Taipei
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 2 May 2009
Living Taipei was an interesting experience. I had a lot of fun and I think Taipei is a great city, even if I wouldn’t live there again. Some cities you click with, some you don’t. However, Taipei has a lot to do and I would certainly go back to visit. Taipei is the capital of Taiwan. [...]
