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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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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/ -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe |
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In article , SMS says...
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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