North to South
My parents and I managed to see a good little bit of the country in so short a time! I guess it helps that the entirety of the island can be travelled from north to south in 8 hours. :)
We started in Taipei, and shot around on the MRT to the National Palace Museum, Taipei Main Station Mall, the Nova (for electronics), and then headed back for a rest.
The next day we were off to Kenting, which is near the southern-most point of Taiwan. We rented three scooters, and in full Taiwanese style, we carried all our suitcases, bags and souvenirs between our legs, and drove the 30-minute drive to Jialeshuei, the "town"(more like a cluster of five houses and the hostel) were our surfing hostel was. It was a beautiful drive next to the ocean the entire way, up and down the hills. We could hear birds, smell the salt water, and hear the ocean waves from the hostel. We spent a couple days getting burned in the extreme summer heat, doing some sightseeing, and then headed north to Taichung.
Sadly, we were only there for one good day of sightseeing before the typhoon hit, but luckily, we still got some good stuff in. We saw the Confucious Temple and Martyr's Shrine, Taichung Temple department store, the UFO restaurant that had been in the news for catching on fire, and Mom's favorite: the Jade market. We even were lucky enough to hear some traditional Chinese music being played!
Even though we were pretty much couped up for the typhoon, we still managed a good time. Brian and Susan and Susan's parents came over for dinner, breakfast, and then another dinner. My roommate Brad and his gf Mirjana were there and so were Kristy and Matt. It was a full house! But we had plenty of coffee, wine, cheese, and all the hard to get favorites and it felt like a big party or a family reunion you are actually excited to go to!
I got my parents on the bus to the airport the next morning at 4 am and everything seemed to go smoothly from there. It was a great time!
We started in Taipei, and shot around on the MRT to the National Palace Museum, Taipei Main Station Mall, the Nova (for electronics), and then headed back for a rest.
The next day we were off to Kenting, which is near the southern-most point of Taiwan. We rented three scooters, and in full Taiwanese style, we carried all our suitcases, bags and souvenirs between our legs, and drove the 30-minute drive to Jialeshuei, the "town"(more like a cluster of five houses and the hostel) were our surfing hostel was. It was a beautiful drive next to the ocean the entire way, up and down the hills. We could hear birds, smell the salt water, and hear the ocean waves from the hostel. We spent a couple days getting burned in the extreme summer heat, doing some sightseeing, and then headed north to Taichung.
Sadly, we were only there for one good day of sightseeing before the typhoon hit, but luckily, we still got some good stuff in. We saw the Confucious Temple and Martyr's Shrine, Taichung Temple department store, the UFO restaurant that had been in the news for catching on fire, and Mom's favorite: the Jade market. We even were lucky enough to hear some traditional Chinese music being played!
Even though we were pretty much couped up for the typhoon, we still managed a good time. Brian and Susan and Susan's parents came over for dinner, breakfast, and then another dinner. My roommate Brad and his gf Mirjana were there and so were Kristy and Matt. It was a full house! But we had plenty of coffee, wine, cheese, and all the hard to get favorites and it felt like a big party or a family reunion you are actually excited to go to!
I got my parents on the bus to the airport the next morning at 4 am and everything seemed to go smoothly from there. It was a great time!
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