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I'll be in Taiwan over Easter for two weeks with the family and still
need to plan the itinerary (just have some vague ideas right now). Has anybody been there? -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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On 1/22/2013 3:10 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
I'll be in Taiwan over Easter for two weeks with the family and still need to plan the itinerary (just have some vague ideas right now). Has anybody been there? I've been there many times. Some suggestions: Take the MTR out to the northern end to Tanshui. Walk along the waterfront. Lots of good restaurants out there. Buy some iron eggs which they are famous for. Go to Yanmingshan National Park. Look for the giant cows, but I've never found them. There's a bus from Taipei that goes there if you don't have a car. Go over the mountains to Keelung and drive back to Taipei around the northern coast (assuming you have a car). The Palace Museum has a lot of the treasures that the Kuomintang took with them when they left China. The Shilin Night Market (on the MTR line). Taipei Zoo, on the MTR line, go on a weekday because on the weekends it is incredibly crowded. Sun Yatsen memorial, Chiang Kai Shek memorial (even if you didn't like him, it's interesting), 228 Peace Memorial Park. Costco. No MTR, take the bus. Can't help you south of Taipei. |
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:21:37 -0800, SMS
wrote: The Shilin Night Market (on the MTR line). Is that the market where they extract the bile from snake's gall bladders and then skin them alive and leave them writhing around while they die a slow death hanging from hooks on a pole? That's one of the most vivid memories I have from my first visit to Taiwan in the early 1980s. Should make for some interesting photography for Alfred when he's there. Chris |
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On 1/23/2013 9:52 AM, Chris Blunt wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:21:37 -0800, SMS wrote: The Shilin Night Market (on the MTR line). Is that the market where they extract the bile from snake's gall bladders and then skin them alive and leave them writhing around while they die a slow death hanging from hooks on a pole? I think you're referring to Snake Alley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Alley_(Taipei) which is very different than the Shilin Night Market http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market. Snake Alley is too touristy. That's one of the most vivid memories I have from my first visit to Taiwan in the early 1980s. Should make for some interesting photography for Alfred when he's there. Taiwan allows only Canon and Nikon cameras, so he won't be taking any pictures. |
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In article , SMS says...
Take the MTR out to the northern end to Tanshui. Walk along the waterfront. Lots of good restaurants out there. Buy some iron eggs which they are famous for. Got it... it's called Danshui on Google Maps. I guess you mean the waterfront on Huanhe road extending northwest along the river, 1km+ long? Go to Yanmingshan National Park. Look for the giant cows, but I've never found them. There's a bus from Taipei that goes there if you don't have a car. Go over the mountains to Keelung and drive back to Taipei around the northern coast (assuming you have a car). Is it for the scenery? The Palace Museum has a lot of the treasures that the Kuomintang took with them when they left China. Photography not allowed there :-( The Shilin Night Market (on the MTR line). I think I've been there in 2005 (visited Taipei for a few days back then). Taipei Zoo, on the MTR line, go on a weekday because on the weekends it is incredibly crowded. Should be interesting for the kids. Sun Yatsen memorial, Chiang Kai Shek memorial (even if you didn't like him, it's interesting), 228 Peace Memorial Park. Been there in 2005. Costco. No MTR, take the bus. This is a mall, right? Can't help you south of Taipei. Ok, but is there anything historical or natural sights outside Taipei? Or was it the trip to Keelung and back? Is it easy to rent a car in Taiwan? And is it easy to drive? -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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On 1/23/2013 1:14 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , SMS says... Take the MTR out to the northern end to Tanshui. Walk along the waterfront. Lots of good restaurants out there. Buy some iron eggs which they are famous for. Got it... it's called Danshui on Google Maps. I guess you mean the waterfront on Huanhe road extending northwest along the river, 1km+ long? Go to Yanmingshan National Park. Look for the giant cows, but I've never found them. There's a bus from Taipei that goes there if you don't have a car. Go over the mountains to Keelung and drive back to Taipei around the northern coast (assuming you have a car). Is it for the scenery? The Palace Museum has a lot of the treasures that the Kuomintang took with them when they left China. Photography not allowed there :-( The Shilin Night Market (on the MTR line). I think I've been there in 2005 (visited Taipei for a few days back then). Taipei Zoo, on the MTR line, go on a weekday because on the weekends it is incredibly crowded. Should be interesting for the kids. Sun Yatsen memorial, Chiang Kai Shek memorial (even if you didn't like him, it's interesting), 228 Peace Memorial Park. Been there in 2005. Costco. No MTR, take the bus. This is a mall, right? A store. Famous in the U.S. and wildly popular in Taiwan. But you have to be a member to get in, and not much in terms of tourist appeal (except for things like Taiwanese tea and other delicacies that I like to buy to take home as gifts). Can't help you south of Taipei. Ok, but is there anything historical or natural sights outside Taipei? Or was it the trip to Keelung and back? It was mainly for the scenery. There was some sort of an aquarium in Keelung but we didn't go. My Taiwanese friend is a photographer (Nikon) and he wanted to go up to the mountains for bird photography so he picked me up at my hotel at 4 a.m.. Then we went out to the coast, west of Hsinchu for more photography on the beach. Is it easy to rent a car in Taiwan? And is it easy to drive? I would not want to drive in Taipei, and there is really no need with the MTR, buses, and cheap taxis, but outside of the urban area it looked fine. The mountain roads are very narrow though. I drove in Thailand, outside of Bangkok, so Taiwan should be easy compared to that. I really want to go further south to Taroko National Park next time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taroko_National_Park. You can get there by train and then bus or taxi http://wikitravel.org/en/Taroko_Gorge. Taiwan has a very good train system. Last time I went, I was paying for the trip, and I stayed at the YMCA hotel. Basic, but clean and inexpensive and just a few minute walk from the main train station and two MTR lines. When I used to go for work, I would be staying at really nice hotels like the Formosa Regent, which wasn't that close to the MTR or train station. I think two weeks just in Taipei is too much, you should go to a couple of national parks if possible, but that's just like what I like to do. I remember going into the office in Taipei on a Monday and telling my Taiwanese colleagues that I had taken the bus up to Yamingshang. They were amazed that a) I was able to figure out how to do this (it's just one bus, 260, from the main train station) and b) that anyone would take a bus anywhere, since none of them ever did. We were in China last June, not on a tour (I hate organized tours), and we did just fine. We took buses and trains everywhere, and only used taxis a few times. You would have loved the section of the Great Wall we went to for photography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinshanling. |
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You would have loved the section of the Great Wall we went to for photography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinshanling. I've been the http://www.molon.de/galleries/China/Beijing/Greatwall/ -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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Taiwan allows only Canon and Nikon cameras, so he won't be taking any pictures. No problem, I'll bring the Hasselblad ;-) -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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On 1/23/2013 3:09 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , SMS says... You would have loved the section of the Great Wall we went to for photography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinshanling. I've been the http://www.molon.de/galleries/China/Beijing/Greatwall/ Wow, not many people I know have been there, though later last year my daughter's friend went there at my suggestion. Even most Beijingers have never been to that section. They just need a better restaurant there. Maybe you were followed by the same hawker that we were. |
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On 1/22/2013 3:10 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
I'll be in Taiwan over Easter for two weeks with the family and still need to plan the itinerary (just have some vague ideas right now). Has anybody been there? One other thing, for SIM cards, the last time I was there I had to go to one of the mobile carrier's stores to buy a SIM card because the government had halted sales of SIM cards in convenience stores like 7-11. However I have heard that they have since revoked the ban on SIM card sales at 7-11. You need a passport and one other form of ID to buy a SIM card. When I was in China last year, all four of us had phones with local SIM cards and this enormously convenient so we did not have to worry about getting separated or going off to do things on our own. My son used his phone to call me from the toilet in a department store to bring him toilet paper! Amazingly, the phones all worked fine out on the wall at Jinshanling. |
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In article , SMS says...
One other thing, for SIM cards, the last time I was there I had to go to one of the mobile carrier's stores to buy a SIM card because the government had halted sales of SIM cards in convenience stores like 7-11. However I have heard that they have since revoked the ban on SIM card sales at 7-11. You need a passport and one other form of ID to buy a SIM card. When I was in China last year, all four of us had phones with local SIM cards and this enormously convenient so we did not have to worry about getting separated or going off to do things on our own. My son used his phone to call me from the toilet in a department store to bring him toilet paper! Amazingly, the phones all worked fine out on the wall at Jinshanling. Getting a local SIM card is one of the first things I do when travelling to a new country. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:40:13 -0800, the renowned SMS
wrote: On 1/22/2013 3:10 PM, Alfred Molon wrote: I'll be in Taiwan over Easter for two weeks with the family and still need to plan the itinerary (just have some vague ideas right now). Has anybody been there? One other thing, for SIM cards, the last time I was there I had to go to one of the mobile carrier's stores to buy a SIM card because the government had halted sales of SIM cards in convenience stores like 7-11. However I have heard that they have since revoked the ban on SIM card sales at 7-11. You need a passport and one other form of ID to buy a SIM card. When I was in China last year, all four of us had phones with local SIM cards and this enormously convenient so we did not have to worry about getting separated or going off to do things on our own. My son used his phone to call me from the toilet in a department store to bring him toilet paper! Amazingly, the phones all worked fine out on the wall at Jinshanling. Is there any problem getting cards that work with the verfication scheme used at, say, Starbucks? I think they only accept China Mobile and maybe one other carrier. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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In article , Spehro Pefhany
says... Is there any problem getting cards that work with the verfication scheme used at, say, Starbucks? I think they only accept China Mobile and maybe one other carrier. A mobile phone is not dependent on the infrastructure of a coffee shop. Maybe you are confusing something. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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On 1/28/2013 6:22 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
Is there any problem getting cards that work with the verfication scheme used at, say, Starbucks? I think they only accept China Mobile and maybe one other carrier. I don't know, I was using China Unicom. Are you referring to Wi-Fi or what? I did not use any 3G data, only Wi-Fi, and only at hotels. |
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On 1/29/2013 1:08 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , Spehro Pefhany says... Is there any problem getting cards that work with the verfication scheme used at, say, Starbucks? I think they only accept China Mobile and maybe one other carrier. A mobile phone is not dependent on the infrastructure of a coffee shop. Maybe you are confusing something. I think that he might be referring to the use of Wi-Fi. One thing to be sure that you have is a VPN service for security. In China the use of a VPN also means that you have access to Facebook, otherwise you don't. |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:27:59 -0800, the renowned SMS
wrote: On 1/29/2013 1:08 PM, Alfred Molon wrote: In article , Spehro Pefhany says... Is there any problem getting cards that work with the verfication scheme used at, say, Starbucks? I think they only accept China Mobile and maybe one other carrier. A mobile phone is not dependent on the infrastructure of a coffee shop. Maybe you are confusing something. No, just not spelling out the details. I think that he might be referring to the use of Wi-Fi. Yes, that's it. You can't log on freely as you can in North America- you have to authenticate using a cellphone, but it has to be one with a SIM card from one or two domestic Chinese service providers. So you can go in there with your Android tablet or iPad or notebook but if you don't have a China Mobile or whatever cell phone account, you're not using their WiFi (apparently it's a government requirement). I've had to use SMS messages for authentication in other places, but they didn't require specific carriers. One thing to be sure that you have is a VPN service for security. In China the use of a VPN also means that you have access to Facebook, otherwise you don't. I use a VPN in local (Canada) coffee shops too- at least if I'm doing banking or other sensitive stuff. I don't care about Facebook much, but in the Emirates even Skype was blocked without a _good_ VPN. China may have recently tightened theirs up to that point too. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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On 1/29/2013 8:04 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:27:59 -0800, the renowned SMS wrote: On 1/29/2013 1:08 PM, Alfred Molon wrote: In article , Spehro Pefhany says... Is there any problem getting cards that work with the verfication scheme used at, say, Starbucks? I think they only accept China Mobile and maybe one other carrier. A mobile phone is not dependent on the infrastructure of a coffee shop. Maybe you are confusing something. No, just not spelling out the details. I think that he might be referring to the use of Wi-Fi. Yes, that's it. You can't log on freely as you can in North America- you have to authenticate using a cellphone, but it has to be one with a SIM card from one or two domestic Chinese service providers. So you can go in there with your Android tablet or iPad or notebook but if you don't have a China Mobile or whatever cell phone account, you're not using their WiFi (apparently it's a government requirement). We didn't hang out in coffee shops at all in China, but there was free Wi-Fi outside the Apple store in Shanghai, and in most of our hotels. One hotel was wired-only. I had brought along a travel router, and my netbook has a wired port, so I was okay there. We had four phones and four SIM cards, but only one was a smart phone. I was hoping that the Nexus 7 would come out in time for our trip, but it was a month late. I would have liked a 7" Wi-Fi tablet with built in GPS (the Wi-Fi only iPads don't have a GPS, but most mid to high-end Android Wi-Fi only tablets do have one). Strategies for International Calling http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/ |
I have heard of it not sure you can get to have a lot with the things there but has a National Palace Museum, Tarako National Park etc which are there to be.
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Taroko National Park is located in Taiwan. It is one of the most visited parks of this region. This park was established by the Governor-General of Taiwan on December 12, 1937. We can enjoy a lot of adventures activities. A lot of trails are also located in this spot.
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You are absolutely right ORRELL! Taroko National Park is the most visited park of Taiwan. I visited this county after my tours west coast america with my elder brother. Here I want to talk about the other places of this region. According to me Mengjia Longshan Temple, Sun Moon Lake, Alishan National Scenic Area, Cingjing Farm and Taipei Fine Arts Museum are worth visiting places of this country. Did you visit these places?
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