OK, now for something different, after my posts about the Long Shan temple and about the Qing Shan Temple. Let’s get cultural and look at some contemporary art. We visited an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Taipei. It is a huge exhibition with work from the artist Xiang Jing, a sculptress […]
Qing Shan Temple, Taipei
Not far from Long Shan Temple is the much smaller, quieter and less known Qing Shan Temple. It took a bit of time and effort to find this temple, mainly because of the language barrier, but we succeeded. This temple is well worth the search and visit, because it is very special and beautiful. The temple […]
Long Shan Temple, Taipei
Taipei’s Long Shan Temple goes a long way back. It was built in 1738. Not much of the original building is left, however, since the temple has been destroyed several times. Fortunately it has been rebuilt as many times. As many Taiwanese temples, the Long Shan Temple is built for a mix of Buddhist, Taoist […]
Getting around in Taipei
Getting around in Taipei is pretty easy. Not as easy as Singapore, but that’s not surprising. Singapore is the easiest city to navigate through that I know of. Apart from traffic jams, transportation there works smooth, clean, transparent and easy. One advantage of Taipei over Singapore is (for us Dutch), that in Taipei they drive […]
Mass tourism at Ping Hsi Branch Railway
A ride with the Ping His Branch Railway line train is described everywhere as a scenic route. It sure appealed a lot to me. On saturdays it could be a bit more crowded, but the frequency of the train schedule was better, so we decided to go on a saturday anyways. How bad could it be, right? […]
Maokong Gondola; tea and temples
Actually ‘trekking’ could, and maybe even should, be added to the title of this post. Because the Maokong Gondola and Hill are very inviting to hikers. However, since I am very much NOT one of them, I left that ‘T’ out of the alliteration;-). Going with the Gondola makes a very interesting and relaxing half […]
Enjoying Taipei 101
The Taipei 101 is Taipei’s most famous landmark. A skyscraper of 101 floors and 508 meters. As you saw in my post about the WTaipei Hotel, we had marvelous views of the Taipei 101 for five days. Lucky us! The building rises way above the city and looks impressive day and night. Look at the beautiful […]
The WTaipei; WOW once more
So I showed you our Fantastic Suite at the WTaipei here. And I raved about restaurant The Kitchen Table here. Now it’s time to show you around outside on the 10th floor of the WTaipei Hotel. We chose to have our breakfasts and dinners al fresco often. Like everywhere in the world where there is […]
More WOW from the wonderful WTaipei Hotel
Yesterday I showed you our Fantastic Suite at the WTaipei Hotel. In today’s post I would like to show you around in the rest of the WTaipei. When you enter the hotel on ground level, you take the elevator to the 10th floor where the actual hotelreception and lobby is. At that level we find the lounge bar, […]
Wow, Wonderful WTaipei Hotel
While in Taipei we stayed in the WTaipei Hotel. It was triple WOW in every aspect! Here you see the WTaipei. It is the skyscraper with the red rectangular section at the bottom of the building. The WTaipei is a luxury hotel. It’s vibe and style are young and trendy, and the design is cool […]
