Earlier this month, I wrote about “Taiwan Best Blog Awards 2008”, and the voting opened today on Taiwanderful. I urge you to go tour the Taiwan blog directory, visit the registered blogs and cast your vote. Everything you want to know is on the Taiwanderful voting post “Taiwan’s Best Blog Awards 2008 - Vote for [...]
While in Taichung, I went to visit a little local park they simply call “Folk park”. It’s an old Taiwanese residence, I think, a bit like Lin Family House up in Taipei, featuring…
Chinese style garden and ponds…
Chinese style architecture restaurant, temple and shopping center …
A folk museum…
and a huge Chinese style living accommodation…
Outside, [...]
A short while after coming back to Taiwan, I went to see Taichung for the first time. I’ve heard so much about Taichung being “the most livable city in Taiwan” that I was really curious what it would be like. As for tourist attractions – on the way there I asked a friend in the [...]
One of the first positive culture shocks I encountered in Taiwan had to do with restaurant culture. Everyone eats out, all the time, with an endless variety of restaurants of all kinds, ranging from street dirt-cheap to the most expensive 5 star restaurants (at least in Taipei, in Tainan they’re a little bit harder to [...]
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 stunning valley scenery between tall mountains.
(Mark feel the same way)
The typhoon’s here, and although Tainan somehow manages to escape all major weather annoyances of the island, there’s still a lot of rain that makes it a bit more difficult for the Taiwanese to express their inner selves with artistic BBQing.
But, not to worry, if we can’t do it outdoors, we’ll BBQ it indoors… in [...]
