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Lotus Lake Kaohsiung (Taiwan)| Self Guided Walking Tour

September 4, 2020 by hollyGS

Here is the Link to the Walking Tour Map: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/57c606b4-eed4-11ea-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default All of the pavilions were free to enter, but we had definitely heard differently, so maybe it is just free in the off season. Just donations? We woke up at 7am and decided to take a day trip to Lotus Lake to see all the pavilions surrounding it. We took the MRT from Formosa Boulevard to Zuoying Station (where we had arrived by THSR the day before) and walked about […]

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Day Trip to Lotus Lake in Kaohsiung | Beautiful Lake Surrounded by Many Temples

August 30, 2020 by hollyGS

We woke up at 7am and decided to take a day trip to Lotus Lake to see all the pavilions surrounding it. We took the MRT from Formosa Boulevard to Zuoying Station (where we had arrived by THSR the day before)and walked about 20 minutes to the lake. I believe there is a bus as well, but we found walking to be lovely and lost of the walk was through a park (even a wedding set up). We arrived at […]

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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!

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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