TAIPEI - TAIWAN

While back in Taipei I signed up for WWOOF where you do 4 hours work on a farm and get food and accommodation in exchange. The idea was to extend my stay in the country, I did an e-mail blitz of every farm on the list and waited. I got one reply which happened to be outside of Taipei. When looking for the exact location of the place on the internet I stumbled across a blog written by someone who said the accommodation there was awful. I gave up with the idea soon after and didn't get any other replys anyway.................................


This time I stayed close to Taipei 101 near the night market area which had amazing and very cheap food. The hostel was down a dark alley but like everywhere else in Taiwan felt perfectly safe walking down alone late at night.


First daytrip was to Tamsui, the two places I wanted to visit that day were closed........still worth a look.

Taipei might not be far from Taichung but the rainfall was a lot higher. Spent about half of the last week and a bit in Taiwan sheltering from the rain in the hostel. It was just as well there were plenty of people to talk to.



I found a gap in the rain to visit the National palace museum. Nearby was the small but interesting Aborigines museum. Before visiting Taiwan I just assumed everyone living there were all descendants of people from mainland China.

I also revisited Yangmingshan national park with an Australian from the hostel. It was a bit of a wet and muddy afternoon !!!!!!




The final daytrip was to Wulai which like the national park involved a fair amount of walking. Had to go miles to get this waterfall picture.


Despite the bad weather overall Taiwan was one of the top places I went to on the trip. Good food, friendly people, easy to get around, value for money, English is understood (by the younger generation)..........the list goes on.........

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