Passing Through Taichung
09 Feb 2012

Passing Through Taichung

Taiwansuncake, Tachung, Taiwan Railway, tea house, train station, travel, Wu Wei Cao Tang

I love the train systems in Taiwan. The run regularly to every major city and this was just the normal railway. There’s the high speed railway which I haven’t tried out yet. Moving from place to place within one or two hours on the Tze-Chiang, limited express, trains were fine for us. I didn’t even

Soaked in Hakka Land
08 Feb 2012

Soaked in Hakka Land

TaiwanBeipu, chenghuang temple night market, duck, Hakka, Hsinchu, Tea, tea house, travel

We left a surprisingly dry and cold Taipei back to a rainy and even colder Hsinchu. A great start to our journey around the island of Taiwan. Thankfully, we didn’t bike or even rent a motorcycle. The cold wetness would send us back to Taipei in a hurry. On the other hand, arriving here in

And Here Comes the Rain
07 Feb 2012

And Here Comes the Rain

Taiwanfood, maokong, night market, shida, taipei, taiwan, tea house

Today it poured. I take that back, early morning it poured. The rest of the day wasn’t as wet but with the wind, it made for one uncomfortable day to get around town. The only thing we could do was to stay inside something. And if that something, like a bus, taxi, metro, or even