Saturday, March 22, 2014

Hello Taiwan!

5th-11th March 2014

Mum has always wanted to visit Taiwan.
I on the other hand has always been a little hesitant visiting places where I can't read/speak the language. I figured we will have a tough time planning so we went ahead to book with one of her favourite tour agent.

Every single night, we arrived past 9pm in a new hotel in a new town and depart by 7.30am the next day. It was probably the most hectic trip of my life. Here are the list of places we have visited.

  1. Ho Ping Island Hi Park
  2. Jiu Fen
  3. Hualien
  4. Taroko National Park
  5. Kaohsiung
  6. Sun, Moon Lake
  7. Tamsui Fishermen Wharf
Taiwan is a really beautiful place. But to squeeze the whole country into 8 days on a bus just do not do justice to what it has to offer. It was also unfortunate that the most beautiful places were where we spent the least time because most of our travel groups don't want to walk but sit in the bus.

Maybe we will return again once day, but this time, we will go on our own. No tour groups, no following majority's lack of respect on timing but the freedom to enjoy beautiful spots such as Taroko National Park and Koahsiung.

Sun Moon Lake is a pretty unique place too but if it fogs up, there isn't really much to see.

Ho Ping Island Hi Park

Taroko National Park


Sun Moon Lake