This is my last post from the picture set from my trip to Taiwan. ‘Thank God’, I hear you saying, ‘It’s finally over’. I’m a little surprised myself its taken this long, and once this post is complete I can finally get on to some other photo’s I’ve taken in the last couple of weeks. [...]

My second day in Taipei would also be my only full day in the city. I had made a list the night before of everything I wanted to see. I decided against making the list too big, I knew the combination of the heat and the amount of walking I was going to do would [...]

After an exhausting day walking I was unsure whether or not I wanted to go out at night. Though its not every day I find myself in a foreign country and it would be a waste if I didn’t go out, so I convinced myself that I should, and I did. It was also the [...]

I got to Taiwan early afternoon and hoped I got off at the correct bus stop. The bus itself didn’t go to the bus terminal so I was kind of in the middle of nowhere not sure exactly where I was so quickly consulted my Lonely Planets book in the hope that I’ll come across [...]

After arriving back from Lugang I was to check into my motel for my last night in Changhua before heading off to Taiwan the next day. Lilian had prearranged for me to stay in a simple place so I could catch the bus early the next morning, however instead of taking me to a run [...]

After the Buddhist Charity thingo, which I was told by Jay is quite an important place in Taiwan, go figure, we headed on to the main town of Lugang. A small town, but still somewhat larger then my home town of Andong, it had plenty of ‘feel’ to it and I knew I was in [...]

On our way to Lugang we made a stop at Buddhist Charity House on the outskirts of town. In all honesty, I don’t know exactly the purpose of the place, it was relatively new and for such a large place all it had to offer was a small souvenir shop that didn’t seem all that [...]

Once we left the wedding lunch Kevin and I headed back the hotel for a bit of R&R, not to mention a well needed shower. Both the heat and humidity had taken its toll, as you can quite imagine, so a cool shower was just bliss. I napped for about an hour, a slight headache [...]

After the wedding ceremony, Jay, Kevin, Lilian, I, and a few of the other family member headed out to one of Chunghua’s favourite sights; The Great Buddha Statue. We walked around a bit, had a look at the city from a wonderful vantage point, and stayed cool in the little shade offered. Lonely Planet reads; [...]

Day one ended with a rum and coke, and day two began with two wake up calls by the Chinese concierge telling me stuff I didn’t understand. I’m just assuming it was something along the lines of, ‘Wake up. Do you want any breakfast? Because we don’t have any.’ Kevin managed to sleep through both [...]