My first two visits to Taipei were with shared accommodation just of Zhongshiao East Road. The lack of parking with cars positioned on the corners of narrow lanes, outside the many trendy restaurants was noteworthy. Pampered pets was another visual novelty. I’ve since seen small dogs in baby strollers being pushed around the city. Cats [...]
Archive for the ‘My First Taipei Views’ Category
FIRST IMPRESSION OF TAIPEI (Continued) Leave a comment
2010 in review Leave a comment
How this blog did in 2010, a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 9,200 times in 2010. That’s about 22 full 747s. In 2010, there were 225 new posts, growing [...]
KAOHSIUNG BY NIGHT
This new pizza will be a worry for The Pizza Hut people, less than half price and better tasting. How does a Turkish hotel manager of a 5-star resort come to live in Taiwan and run a street food stall? Location: nearly opposite Kaohsiung Main Station. “I met my wife-to-be about nine years ago” says [...]
CHEAP HOTELS TAIPEI Leave a comment
View from 15th floor Shin Kong Mitsukoshi building, Taipei Main Station (2 November 2010) Reasonably close to the river, this is one old part of Taipei that is changing fast. Those old buildings are rapidly being replaced by tall office buildings. A shame. When arriving in Taipei try to avoid a Friday or Saturday – [...]
INTERNATIONAL AQUARIUM EXPO – TAIPEI, TAIWAN Leave a comment
Underwater movie show was not too popular mid-week but packed Sat-Sun Colored LED lights above create nice effect These fish were for sale Red Mammon won first prize – Best of Show Young specimen three months old is NT $6000 Specimen 24 months old might be NT $80,000 http://hsiao-fo.com This [...]
MOST POPULAR TALL BUILDING Leave a comment
KAOHSIUNG PICTURES Leave a comment
This ferry is in KaohSiung Harbour and runs across to Chi Ching Island every few minutes. On the other side a grey sand beach faces the ocean. Where the ferry arrives is a string a seafood eateries, worth making the visit rewarding. At one ‘no frills’ seafood eatery a sign proudly tells how Australian fish [...]
HONEST YOUNG GUY NAMED EDISON Leave a comment
The caption is WRONG, Edison is the smaller guy on the RIGHT! A couple of years ago I left my credit cards and cash on the counter of a convenience store near Taipei Main Station and just off ChangAn Road. Edison held it for me until I returned about an hour later. What a relief to get [...]
GRACELANDS Vs. CKS MEMORIAL HALL Leave a comment
Without understanding modern Taiwan history I wrote the following. At the time there was some criticism of a cult surrounding the former President and dictator. I could not avoid thinking that Elvis’ memorial at Gracelands would rank a poor second to what has occurred with the memorial for CKS here in Taipei. This is therefore the views [...]
WHAT AUSTRALIANS THINK OF TAIWAN Leave a comment
Here is what I thought of the city six years ago and posted on my Australian underwater blog: Viewed from the 46th floor of Eastern Plaza Hotel is Taipei 101 showing how it towers above the city. One might question the logic of building the world’s tallest building in an earthquake prone zone. Obviously the [...]
