I returned to Taipei to meet my brother, who was joining me on my travels of east Asia. Our plan was to spend about a week in each of Taiwan, South Korea, and finally Japan. Most of our time together in Taiwan was spent back in Taipei. I didn'

On my way back to Taipei I had the opportunity to do a day trip to Sun Moon Lake. Originally, I was thinking of cutting this location from my itinerary to save on time. But a friend of mine who has visited Taiwan insisted that Sun Moon Lake was worth

While I was planning the itinerary for Taiwan, I noticed I would be close to both the northern and southern ends of the country. I thought a fun achievement would be to travel to the very northernmost point of the island and then to the very southernmost point and thereby

Kenting National Park is an awesome place to visit and it was so much better than what I was expecting. This national park is situated in the southernmost region of Taiwan. It has nice weather and nice beaches that make it a bit of a tourist destination, although the beaches

Tainan used to be the old capital of Taiwan back when the Dutch, and then the Chinese, ruled the island. As such it is an old city with huge cultural significance to the island and it is seeping with history. It has many temples, a couple of old forts, many

Alishan National Forest Recreation Area is located in the interior mountains of Taiwan. It is sort of like an arboretum and conservation area combined, there are sections of carefully cultivated magnolias and cherry trees while other sections are a preservation of the native forests. There are extensive trails throughout the

Situated on the north west coast of Taiwan, about one hour by bus out of Taipei, is a small mountain town called Jiufen. It was a gold mining town during the Japanese colonial period and has now become a tourist hot spot with the establishment of some famous tea houses.

Starting in December I had an extended period of leave from work, so of course I decided to go traveling. For this trip my goal is to explore East Asia and my first destination is Taiwan. I will spend a little over three weeks in Taiwan before then going to