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Pier 2 Art Centre in Kaohsiung Taiwan (Halloween)

August 23, 2020 by hollyGS

We took the metro to the Art Park and wandered in the area, checking out dozens of sculptures and art installations for hours!

Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: airbnb, art, Asia, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, Beer, formosa boulevard, green onion pancake, halloween, kaohsiung, leek pancake, Liouhe Tourist Night Market, musuem, night market, pier 2 art centre, scultpures, see the world, self guided, self guided walking tour, shipping area, street art, taipei, Taiwan, taiwanese, tourism taiwan, train museum, train trip, travel, travel asia, travel blog, travel couple, travel taiwan, travel vlog, vacation, youtube

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High Speed Bullet Train| Jiufen to Taipei to Kaohsiung Taipei 高雄 (How to)

August 16, 2020 by hollyGS

We planned on waking up at 6:30am to explore the streets of Jiufen before the crowds arrived, but it was raining so hard. So instead we sat in bed and Jives made us coffee. We waited until 8:30am and packed up our stuff before heading down to the main building for breakfast. Breakfast was a variety of interesting dishes: cucumbers, butter melon, a fermented green veggie, tofu in soy sauce, some meat mush (that Jives had to eat), an egg, […]

Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: airbnb, Asia, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, budget travel, bullet train, cheap travel, 瑞芳區, do it yourself, eating on trains, 高雄市, formosa boulevard, high speed rail, jiufen, klook, local train, mrt, ruifang, see the world, self guided, self guided walking tour, shinkansen, taipei, Taiwan, THSR, tickets, tourism taiwan, train, travel blog, travel couple, travel vlog, 台北, 台湾, 九份

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Exploring Jiufen at Night | After all the Tourists have left!!

August 9, 2020 by hollyGS

After dropping off our bags at the home stay, we headed out to explore more of Jiufen (with our umbrellas in hand). We walked up hill to what I believe is called Fu Shan Gong Miao Zhong Miao Temple. From this temple you can see amazing views of the city below. We decided to go to 711 and get some snacks and drinks to enjoy on the balcony in out room. We got some onigiri and ramen and beers. We […]

Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: Asia, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, Beer, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, do it yourself, explore taiwan, film crew, jiufen, juifen, october travel, see the world, self guided walking tour, spirited away, spirited away city, taipei, Taiwan, taiwan tv show, tourism taiwan, travel, travel blog, travel taiwan, travel vlog, views, walking tour, youtube

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Trying Stinky Tofu 臭豆腐 in Jiufen 九份 Taiwan

August 2, 2020 by hollyGS

After dropping off our bags at our home stay, we wandered around Jiufen for awhile (check in wasn’t until 3:00pm). We explored all of the beautiful lantern lined stalls, and tried the infamous stinky tofu (it was so good)! Stinky tofu is fermented tofu with cabbage, sauce and lots of chilies. The tofu is fermented in different things, depending on the establishment, but it is often fermented in greens and herbs and somtimes fish sauces. A lot of people seem […]

Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: Asia, backpackers, backpacking, Beer, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, 臭豆腐, food, jiufen, lanterns, old town, see the world, self guided walking tour, shrine, south east asia, spirited away, spirited away city, stinky tofu, taipei, Taiwan, tea egg, temple, tour, tourism, travel, travel blog, travel taiwan, travel vlog, vegetarian, walking, 台北, 台湾, 九份

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How to get from Taipei to Jiufen (Local Train/Bus Do it Yourself!)

July 26, 2020 by hollyGS

I woke up at 5:30am, but managed to get back to sleep until 7:30am. Take that, Jet Leg! We went down to have the complementary breakfast of toast, cheese and coffee or tea. We met a nice man from Vietnam on the way to the breakfast room. At breakfast we met a lady, who I believe was Japanese (or at least she was speaking Japanese), she liked Jives’ Ranma 1/2 t-shirt. After breakfast we headed to the 711 to get […]

Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: Asia, backpackers, backpacking, budget travel, bus, cheap travel, do it yourself, easy card, friendly locals, getting to, homestay, how to, juifen, local train, Mountain Eco BnB, on a budget, ruifang, self guided, spirited away city, taipei, Taipei Main Station, Taiwan, tea, teahouse, top 10, tourism taiwan, TRA, train, travel Taipei, travel taiwan, what to do, what to see

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Toronto to Taipei TAIWAN!

July 19, 2020 by hollyGS

We left our house at about 4:00am after a few hours of broken sleep. The drive to the airport took about an hour as usual. Nothing weird happened going through security (we actually didn’t get the bonus security checks like we usually do!) We had no problem printing our boarding passes OR boarding the flight!! Huzzah! After our last Air China flight experience from the end of our Japan trip, this was amazing! The flight to Vancouver was a little […]

Categories: Asia, Taiwan • Tags: air canada, airport express, backpackers, backpacking, Beer, budget, cheap, explore taiwan, getting to the city, green onion, how to, jazz, jiufen, lingjiang st, metro, mrt, nightmarket, pearson airport, record store, self guided, street food, taipei, taipei 101, Taiwan, top 10, toronto, totoro earings, tourism taiwan, travel, travel asia, travel blog, travel day, travel taiwan, travel vlog, vancouver, vegetarian, vinyl, vinyl cafe, walking tour

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Day trip to Arashiyama Bamboo Forest from Osaka

June 30, 2020 by hollyGS

We woke up really late for us, at 7:30am. The plan was to head to Arashiyama early, but we ended up taking the 9:30 train to Osaka station. (To Book Train Travel in Japan Click Here)From here we were supposed to take the rapid 29 minute train to Kyoto, but all the trains were running 6-10 minutes late. Finally it said that our train was next, and then it never showed up! This was really weird. Japan is certainly not […]

Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, backpackers, backpacking, bamboo, blog, budget travel, cheap japan, cheap travel, cherry blossoms, croquette, day trip, jr train, korokke, Kyoto, osaka, sakura, see asia, self guided walking tour, street food tour, travel, travel japan, vlog, walking tour, what to do, what to eat, what to see, youtube

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Why I will Never Fly Air China Again |Tokyo to Beijing to Montreal to Toronto!

June 30, 2020 by hollyGS

We woke up at 5:00 am to check out and catch the first Yamanote line to transfer to the Haneda airport monorail. This was the start of a terrible uncomfortable travel day! (To Book Train Travel in Japan Click Here) We got to the airport around 6:30 am, our flight was at 8:30am. The check in line was massive… but for some reason when we finally got to the counter we were treated extra terribly. In the time it took […]

Categories: Asia, Canada, China, Japan • Tags: air canada, air china, Asia, bad, bad review, China, flight, flying, flying asia, hanead airport, Japan, montreal, re booked, stop over, terrible, terrible flights, tokyo, toronto, travel vlog

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Day Trip to Kamakura, Japan (Ancient Capital City)

June 21, 2020 by hollyGS

Jives and I decided to take the train to Kamkura from Tokyo on a day trip, while Gaby went to an art opening in Ginza for Junji Ito. We started out around 8:30am and took the Yamanote line to Tokyo Station. (To Book Train Travel in Japan Click Here) From there we transferred to the JR Yokosuku line to Yokosuka (stopping in Kamakura). The trip took about 1.5 hours. *Get off at Kamakura not Kita-Kamakura, which is the stop before* […]

Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Asia, backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, budget japan, cheap japan, cherry blossoms, conveyor sushi, craft beer, Daibutsu, daibutsu-den, day trip, explore, giant buddha, Japan, jr train, kamakura, Kosokuji, kotoku-in, mugiwara store, one piece store, picnic, sakura, sushi, taito station, tokyo, travel japan, what to do, what to eat, what to see

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