Our second to the last day was gloomy – we were expecting this weekend to be rainy and were lucky enough to have had bright sunny days to tour around. But on this day, there was no chance of sun. It’s fine since all we had in the itinerary was shopping! Day 4 Off we […]
Our third day in Taiwan was mostly spent walking around parks. We started at the Taipei Expo Park where there was a weekend market going on. Before this, we stopped by Starbucks for a quick breakfast. Parks The long walk started and so I don’t really have anything else to say so I’ll be sharing […]
Our agenda for the second half of the day was Shifen. Famous for its wishing lanterns (among other things), one has to visit Shifen after coming from Jiufen. Shifen The sight of the crowd already discouraged me because despite the long train ride, I did not feel well-rested from all the walking we did in […]
This post is long overdue. I have been super lazy with updating this blog so here goes another attempt to just put out a post! The pandemic has also had me itching to travel, so for now, I’ll make do with going down memory lane. I’m sorry if I’m no longer able to recall the […]
So, where were we? We just finished up with Liberty Square and were starving from all of the walking. It was finally time for lunch. Little did I know that after this, the rest of the day was going to be filled with food (and drinks). Hangzou Xiao Long Bao We decided to try the […]
Last May 2, 2019, I visited a place I have never been to for the first time. Taiwan is a controversial “country” because of its complicated history with China (which I won’t dwell on, but read up on it if you’re interested). Together with friends from work and my brother (who was traveling outside the […]