Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Our itinerary for Day 11 after Da’an Forest Park was to explore Yongkang Street — a not particularly well-known spot among tourists, and offering a large number of street food stalls, eateries, (a lot of) coffee cafes, and also handmade
Every trip we go on with two young kids means we have to populate the itinerary with the kind of activities we know they would enjoy — for sure. That really just means two activity types: playgrounds, and animals. The
Huashan 1914 Creative Park visited for the kids, it was my turn for another photography enthusiast activity: up Taipei 101 for a sunset shoot. You can choose any time to visit of course, but there is really no contest between
In the planning for our free and easy days in Taipei a few weeks ago, I was looking for fillers to populate the dead spots in the itinerary. We didn’t think the Chiang Kai-Shek or Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Halls would
Another much talked-about ‘must do’ when in the city of Taipei is to take a ride on the Maokong Gondola to reach Maokong, a hilly area in the Wenshan district of Taipei that was once famous for its tea plantations.
Towards the last stretch of Tamsui Old Street, the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 + MC-11 came out to play. A couple of pictures taken over the 10 minutes I had before our driver Checo came to pick us up again for
Tamsui (pronounced as Danshui) is a north-westerly old port town of New Taipei City, and also easily accessible from Taipei city itself via their MRT. We drove past the Tamsui MRT station stop on our way to the Fisherman’s Wharf,
Apparently, the Jiufen area has been raining for nine straight days now. Several other friends and family members also shared that the Jiufen and Shifen areas in December are basically in the wet season, and they experienced the same downpours
I’d read prior to the trip that with the exception of the A-Mei Teahouse, which opens till midnight, the shops at Jiufen Old Street close at 6PM. Coupled also with the fact that most of the visitors to Jiufen are
Jiufen is that must-visit small mountain town that looks to the East China Sea, and has its roots during the gold-rush era of the 1890s. The name of the town in Chinese — 九份 — apparently comes from its origins
Our Day 08 actually goes like this: Taipei => Yehliu Geo Park => Shifen Waterfall => Shifen => Yin Yang Sea => Golden Waterfall => Jiufen. I figured that it would make more sense if I did separate notes on
We’ve had seven days of fairly good weather this trip so far, but on Day 8, it poured on the north-eastern part of Taiwan. That was a real bummer, as a good part of our itinerary on Day 8 and
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