Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Another much talked-about ‘must do’ when in the city of Taipei is to take a ride on the Maokong Gondola to reach Maokong, a hilly area in the Wenshan district of Taipei that was once famous for its tea plantations.
Towards the last stretch of Tamsui Old Street, the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 + MC-11 came out to play. A couple of pictures taken over the 10 minutes I had before our driver Checo came to pick us up again for
Tamsui (pronounced as Danshui) is a north-westerly old port town of New Taipei City, and also easily accessible from Taipei city itself via their MRT. We drove past the Tamsui MRT station stop on our way to the Fisherman’s Wharf,
Apparently, the Jiufen area has been raining for nine straight days now. Several other friends and family members also shared that the Jiufen and Shifen areas in December are basically wet seasons, and they experienced the same downpours during their
I’d read prior to the trip that with the exception of the A-Mei Teahouse which opens till midnight, the shops at Jiufen Old Street close at 6PM. Coupled also with that most of the visitors to Jiufen are day-trippers, I’d
Jiufen is that must visit small mountain town that looks to the East China Seat, and has its roots during the gold-rush era of the 1890s. The name of the town in Chinese – 九份 – apparently comes from its
Our Day 08 actually goes like this: Taipei => Yehliu Geo Park => Shifen Waterfall => Shifen => Yin Yang Sea => Golden Waterfall => Jiufen. I figured that it would make more sense if I did separate notes on
We’ve had seven days of fairly good weather this trip so far, but on day 8, it poured on the northern-eastern part of Taiwan. That was a real bummer, as a good part of our itinerary on day 8 and
Continued from the last post. The kids enjoyed Taroko Gorge… sort of and in their own way, whether it was playing catching, building rock towers, playing rock-scissor-paper games, or doing Christmas jingles! Taroko Gorge and National Forest done, we headed
The Taroko Gorge, inside the National Park, is among the three most talked about and rated ‘must visits’ when sightseeing in Taiwan, with the other two being Sun Moon Lake, and Alishan. This trip we’ve settled for two out of
Hualien’s most famous night market – Dongdamen – was about a 6 minute drive from Chisingtan Scenic Area, and we got there pretty early at 4:45PM – just when the many stalls were setting up for the night’s business. This
We said goodbye to Taichung after five days in the city and Nantou region. We’re at the midpoint of our trip to Taiwan, and the next leg of our trip is to take us to Hualien – population 104,000 according
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