Sat, 25 Aug 2012, "day 22 in taiwan"
last day in taiwan for us. this means getting up early, having breakfast, packing things, trying to fit all the additional stuff...

Fri, 24 Aug 2012, "day 21 in taiwan"
today we had a long stroll through taipeh, again with loads of nice people, shopping, eating, heat and humidity. but at least it...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012, "day 20 in taiwan"
thanks to "kai-tak" today was a constant mix of sunshine and rain, but permanently hot and humid. so we decided to go shopping. ...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012, "day 19 in taiwan"
we left taroko today, heading back to taipeh again mainly because of "kai-tak", the latest typhoon, but also for shopping. so af...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012, "day 18 in taiwan"
we had planned today as a hiking day, so started our hike with the "swallow grotto trail" (aka. "yanzihkou trail"), that should ...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012, "day 17 in taiwan"
today we got up early and were fetched by a bus to be brought to the harbour. there we started our whale watching tour, hoping t...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012, "day 16 in taiwan"
so today today was our bus tour in the hualien area. after getting on a small bus, since our tour group was around ten people, w...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012, "day 15 in taiwan"
today we went straight to the tourist information center after the breakfast to ask for a recommendation on what to do and what ...

Fri, 17 Aug 2012, "day 14 in taiwan"
after saying farewell to the guys at mvilla hotel we got a ride to the pier, where we got on the ferry back to donggang today. o...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012, "day 13 in taiwan"
the typhoon will not hit taiwan at all - lucky us! so i returned the scooter today, grabbed a coffee at the 7-eleven store and w...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012, "day 12 in taiwan"
the central weather bureau website's graphics indicate that the typhoon seems to go southwards today, not fully hitting the main...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012, "day 11 in taiwan"
today we left tainan, heading for the "little luichiu island", located south-east of taiwan. to get there, we had to take a trai...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012, "day 10 in taiwan"
second day of our temple tour through tainan. first stop was the "chikhan tower"[06-35], a reconstructed fort dating back to the...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012, "day 09 in taiwan"
today, right after breakfast we went across the street to the tourist information center. we asked some questions about getting ...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012, "day 08 in taiwan"
we really made it today! we joined the hiking tour[01-10] to mt. maolan at 04:50, to get a nice view on the sun moon lake. so ca...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012, "day 07 in taiwan"
today we left taipeh, and headed to "sun moon lake". we picked a train at 10:00 in the morning, so after having breakfast and ch...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012, "day 06 in taiwan"
today we wanted to go to the north, to keelung. therefore we bought a ticket at the TRA (taiwan railway administration). when we...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012, "day 05 in taiwan"
today was father's day in taiwan - at least that's what the ads told us. but we didn't notice any difference in the behaviour of...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012, "day 04 in taiwan"
the bLog entry for today will be pretty short, as we spent almost all day long in taipeh zoo[001-118], the biggest zoo in asia. ...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012, "day 03 in taiwan"
day 03 started with the seek for a new hostel. the night before we tried to find a room via the internet. we found a cool hostel...

Sun, 05 Aug 2012, "day 02 in taiwan"
after getting up we decided to stay another day in the "happy family" hostel right next to central station. after booking anothe...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012, "day 01 in taiwan"
after the departure in vienna we had a stop in bangkok. since there were not that many cool movies available during the flight, ...