Category Archives: taiwan
taiwan in 5 days: what i’ll miss the most.
every morning before we’d take the train from ximen station, we’d refer to this building to check out how cold the day was gonna be. the cool weather would put me in such a great mood each day!
taiwan in 5 days: it’s quirky
i don’t know what it is about greeting people but they do so love to greet people. in fact, if they get tired of greeting you, all they do is record it and play it on a loudspeaker. think i’m … Continue reading
taiwan in 5 days: books and bubble tea
knowing how much i LOVE bubble tea, you’d have thought i’d drink it everyday right? i thought so too. but i thought wrong. there was a bubble tea shop right next to our hotel, but we’d leave to early and … Continue reading
taiwan in 5 days: modern day tower of babel and danshui
of course we had to go to the tallest building in the world – taipei 101. the sky felt visibly closer and it was as if i was in a modern day tower of babel. creepy. it was also really … Continue reading
taiwan in 5 days: hospitals, schools PLUS xiao long baos!
after eating at shilin night market, our beloved claire woke up at 5 am and continued to vomit profusely till 7 am. not that i cared actually, i just rolled over and heartlessly went back to sleep. shu ann was … Continue reading
taiwan in 5 days: weekend artist market
i was pretty bummed about missing maad this month due to work. but while roaming around ximending with ann i was sooo pleased to come across their weekend artist market. you could really feel that sense of community at the … Continue reading
taiwan in 5 days: jiu fen
traveling taiwan by bus is torture. and i really hate long bus rides to begin with. the one time we took the bus from taipei main station to jiufen, i nearly died. but the view at jiufen really more than … Continue reading
taiwan in 5 days: ximending and mega starbucks
we stayed in a hotel at ximending (i’m not that tall. i’m just standing on a step…)
taiwan in 5 days: the train and the lack of taiwanese food
ah. taiwan. too much shopping and too little food. for me at least. i was falling ill (and inappropriately proclaimed it on the flight back) and had little appetite the entire trip. sad.
