The weather this weekend was absolutely gorgeous with such clear air that you can see all the way through to the central mountains on the east and the ocean to the south-west. I went up to one of the roofs in East Tainan to take a few photos. Although East-Tainan isn’t nice to look at, [...]
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 English street names. Yippi!
At first, it took me a while to realize what was different [...]
This is what 8000NT$ (+1800NT$ management) will get you in eastern Tainan (area of Linsen & Dongmen):
1 living room connected to a Japanese room with a functional balcony (aircon).
1 big ensuite master room (includes a bathroom + aircon).
1 smaller kids room (aircon).
1 study.
1 bathroom.
1 kitchen (with functional laundry balcony [...]
“Made in Tainan” took place last Saturday at the Anping harbor area in western Tainan. Tainan Bulletin had the following :
14:00~14:50 Sun Of Morning
15:00~15:50 Bugs Of Phonon
16:00~16:50 The Sawbucks
17:00~17:50 Divebomb
18:00~18:50 Mr.Dirty
19:00~19:50 130 Dollars
20:00~20:50 Full House
21:00~21:50 Uli And The Rulers
Tickets:14:00~16:00 ONLY NT100 After 14:00 NT200, includes 1 [...]
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Cats mating, dogs barking, traffic, fighting couples, my horrible roommates, ect. Taipei is SO noisy. How do you get sleep????
I was told to get ear plugs. but they dont’ work so well. I still get kept awake. Also they cause ear pain.
SO how do you deal with noise? Any bright ideas?
(source : Forumosa)
Let me add [...]
This is a question I hear alot. It’s also usually followed by “Do you recommend NCKU?”. I get lots of emails and blog comments asking me about NCKU, universities in Taiwan, programs offered, rankings, and the Taiwanese education system. Though I don’t consider myself a big expert, I do have some experience with trying to [...]
It’s not that Tainan doesn’t have its own charm, but there are times when I miss the good old fashioned beauty - constantly looking for basic aesthetics and something that’s a bit more artistic, special and out of the ordinary gray. Although I’ve come to not expect any of that in Tainan, there are times [...]
The Real Taiwan has been doing a great job so far bringing special stories from things that are a bit strange and special about this part of the world, but TRT has a real jewel with this one - this has got to be the craziest thing I’ve seen or heard about in Taiwan yet.
Forget [...]
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