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 […]
We are Super Tourists
As I said in my post about Jintong, we happily joined in on all the touristic rituals along the railway. We strolled through Houtong to see it’s cats. Beautiful scenery, no cats in sight, exploded hair;-) We did the bamboo roll thing in Jintong. We balanced on the dead end rail tracks in Jintong. We […]
Jintong; end of the line
Jintong literally is the end of the Ping Hsi Branch Railway line. The rails really end there. Although at the other stops, tourists also walk, sit and stand on the tracks, here they can safely do so for an unlimited time. No need to pay attention. So lots of girls play, chat, sit, and pose […]
Raise the red (or pink or white) lantern…in Shifen.
Shifen is about in the middle of the Ping Hsi Branch Railway Line and it’s the busiest station that we visited on this line. Like the other stations along this line it has a past of coal mining and a present of tourism. If Houtong is all about it’s cats, and Jintong about bamboo rolls, Shifen […]
Houtong, Taiwan’s Cat Village
As promised in my post about the Ping Hsi Branch Railway Line I will now show you around in some of the stops along the way. There are several stops and your ticket allows you to hop on and of the train whenever wherever you like. The scenery is pretty everywhere along this railway. There are […]
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 […]