Here is another one of these guides giving you some advice and guidance to find good and cheap places to eat some local food. This time where focussing on the area around the famous elephant mountain and its neighbouring park, the Xinyi District (信義區).
Continue reading “Where to eat in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan”
Roadtrippin’ Taiwan? Oh yes! Since Taiwan is a rather small, but not too small of an island, even a short roadtrip can bring you to lots of beautiful places. We rented an old Toyota Corolla via Greenislandadventures.
If you want to escape the big city that is Taipei and see something else for a change, if that is the ocean, trees or some lanterns and a big night market, there are plenty of options for a one day trip either around Taipei or a little further from Taipei. Continue reading “Day trips from & around Taipei”
After exploring Hengchun Township in the last blog entry now we’re moving closer to the actual aim of this short trip. Now we are taking the scooter from Hengchun down Highway 26 to the coast and to the Kenting National Park.
Another nice spot for a short Weekend trip is the very south of the island of Taiwan, that is the Kenting area. It has some very nice places to visit and makes a great destination for a long motorbike ride. So if you’re expecting good weather, and usually the weather down south is way better than in Taipei, you should definitely go.
Hualien Township and the neighbouring Taroko Gorge are a perfect destination for a weekend trip, either short or long. It is easily accessible from Taipei, so a friend and I hopped on a train from Taipei Main station to Hualien Station which takes about two and a half hours to get there. If you’re booking your ticket at the office in Taipei Main station you can use your international student ID card to get a discount. The other way, booking at the ticket counter in Hualien there is no student discount.
My second entry about where and what to eat in Gongguan, Taipei is supposed to give you a overview about other places that are worth visiting but nothing like the ones I described before in the Must-Eats blog entry. Continue reading “Even more things to eat in Gongguan, Taipei”
Now there you are in a new town, a new country maybe even a new continent. The first time you are immersed in chinese culture, the different characters, the strange sound of the language and a new type of smell that is present in all the streets (and below them as well). You find yourself in Taipei City, in Taiwan or Republic of China – R.O.C. – in the Gongguan area. Maybe you’re here for a student exchange (as was I) or for a conference in the university or one of the many reasons you’ve come to this neighbourhood close to the National Taiwan University. In this blog post I want to present you a few opportunities to eat around the campus mainly focused on the south west side close to the Shui Yuan Prince house dormitory where I stayed. Continue reading “Must-Eats in Gongguan, Taipei”
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