This blog post finally really focuses on Orchids! 🙂 I had a company visit at Taisuco Orchids today. Also I will briefly talk about my visit to Longshan Temple in Taipei in the morning: I stood up early today to visit Longshan Temple, a large temple in Taipei which I had already visited in 2011….
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Shilin Nightmarket Taipei
I am in Taipei now, today I would like to share some nightmarket images with you! Beforehand a bit more about Orchid Island: Yesterday, right in the morning, my host took me to a trail in Orchid Island to search for Orchids. We ventured into the forest, even a bit off the trail. But unfortunately…
Beautiful Lanyu (Orchid Island)
I arrived to Orchid Island today! It is a small island in the southeast of Taiwan. Yesterday I took a train from Kaohsiung to Taitung. I then planned to take a plane to Orchid Island (Lanyu). Unfortunately it was not that easy. I asked the tourist information at the Taitung station how to get to…
Yellow Duck and Orchids in Kaohsiung
Today I left Alishan and took a train from Chiayi to Kaohsiung. I will stay in Kaohsiung for one night before I continue my journey to Orchid Island. I left Alishan with the first bus at 9:10 am in the morning. I bought the bus ticket at the 7-11 in the park. The bus departs…
Alishan National Park – Sunrise and Hiking
Today I have a lot of beautiful pictures to share with you: I woke up at 4:30 am to watch the sunrise at Ogasawara Mountain Overlook (via train to Zushan Station). Then I walked for hours in the National Park to see all the touristic sites mentioned on the map. I can say that Alishan…
Alishan National Park – First day in the clouds
Today I travelled from Taichung to Alishan National Park. I went by train to Chiayi and then took a bus to the park. The park is not very far from Taichung, so the journey didn’t take too long. I took the train at 9:20 am and arrived at Alishan at around 14:00. While I was…
First day in Taiwan
I am writing this from my room in FortĂ© Orange Taichung Park International Youth Hostel. Here I got a single room for 1200 NTD for my first night in Taichung, Taiwan. It’s both hostel and hotel as far as I understand. The hotel/hostel is located right in the center of Taichung, in easy reach from…
Travelling Taiwan – Part 2: Taroko National Park
Taroko National Park (For an English summary please scroll to the bottom) Wie ich in meinem letzten Eintrag berichtet habe, ist mein Semester in Taiwan schon seit Februar zu Ende. DafĂĽr stehe ich schon in den Startlöchern fĂĽr die nächste Reise nach Taiwan im Oktober. Bis dahin will ich in meiner Berichterstattung zu meinem Semester…
Next trip to Taiwan
Great news! I will travel to Taiwan again! (FĂĽr deutsche Version nach unten scrollen) My semester in Taiwan ended in February 2013. After exams and presentations in January, I used my remaining time in Asia to travel. I visited Singapore and the Philippines. Finally I mada a roundtrip of Taiwan with my sister who visited…
New year at Taipei 101
Happy new year 2013! Frohes neues Jahr! I will soon continue my story of travelling in Taiwan with my boyfriend. First however, I have to tell you about New Year’s Eve in Taiwan: Magalie, Clint, Martin, Julian and me decided to get the “real” Taiwan New Year’s Eve experience: Watching fireworks at Taipei…
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