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Flat as a Scallion Pancake

Travel in Taiwan — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:10:41 +0000

Following the 2010 city-county merger, Tainan became one of Taiwan’s six special municipalities. Divided into 37 districts, its population now stands at 1.86 million. Most residents and the bulk of tourists stay in and around the urban core, an agglomeration of busy yet charmful neighborhoods cherished for their rich architecture and character.

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Indigenous Restaurants in Taipei City

Travel in Taiwan — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 04:43:05 +0000

The fare of Taiwan's indigenous people is unlike anything else you’ll experience here or anywhere else you explore while on your globe-trekking travels. Taiwan’s tribal specialties come to big-city Taipei at numerous high-quality indigenous restaurants.

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Green Island

Travel in Taiwan — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:25:45 +0000

Thirty-three kilometers off the southeast coast, yet worlds away, this former political-prison island is the perfect escape from mainland Taiwan. The island is circled by a 17km road that packs in dramatic volcanic coastal scenery, beautiful beaches, and even hot springs right at oceanside, and then offshore there’s excellent diving and snorkeling.

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Up the Hualien Coast!

Travel in Taiwan — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:57:18 +0000

In this file we take you along the Pacific shore in friendly, easy-going Hualien County, moving south to north from Shitiping (“Stone Steps Platform”) to Qixingtan (“Seven Star Lake”) just above Hualien City. Your reading mission here is to get a sense of the region’s myriad oceanside fun-quest options – indoor and outdoor, manmade and nature-designed.

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Eastern Taiwan: Adventure Playground

Travel in Taiwan — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 06:41:02 +0000

For the tourist the Eastern Taiwan region is a monumental nature adventure park. “Hidden away” from Taiwan’s heavily populated north end and west side by the thick Central Mountain Range, this is a balmy realm of few people and few vehicles that entices the adventurous with such tantalizing place names as East Rift Valley, Taroko Gorge, Qingshui Cliff, Luye Plateau, and Zhiben Hot Springs.

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Herbal Healing

Travel in Taiwan — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 06:20:07 +0000

In old neighborhoods throughout Taiwan, you’ll find herbal shops offering bags of dried plants and dark herbal teas laced with closely guarded proprietary blends of ingredients. These apothecary-esque establishments have often been run by the same family for generations, and their earthy-scented, nostril-ticklingly dusty interiors offer cupfuls of nostalgia infused with the promise of vitality.

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Maritime Morsels in the Metro

Travel in Taiwan — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:57:49 +0000

Taipei residents don't have to travel to coastal fishing ports to enjoy the fresh bounty of the ocean. Some sort of fish, shrimp, and squid dish can be found in virtually any city restaurant, but there are also specialized restaurants who do it so well that people are willing to queue up to satisfy their taste buds.

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Penghu Partying Year Round

Travel in Taiwan — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:23:54 +0000

Penghu’s tourism is heavily concentrated in the short summer period when Taiwan’s youth is out of school. To entice travelers to visit outside of this time bracket, in the past two decades the local authorities have inaugurated numerous large-scale festivals and events of other type.

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A Day in Old Penghu Communities

Travel in Taiwan — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:00:58 +0000

Spend a day meandering the same old village arteries Penghu locals have trodden for centuries while on their way to boats or to tend their small coral-walled farm plots, and also take in a selection of other recommended attractions, nature- and manmade, age-old and modern-day.

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To and Through the Sun-Drenched Penghu Islands

Travel in Taiwan — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 09:00:25 +0000

“Penghu” is a wide-flung archipelago of low-lying islands in the Taiwan Strait’s mid-section. Locals describe their home as “pearls scattered on the turquoise sea.”

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