Taiwan Stories


Coach tour down to Hualien

I had to wake up at 4:30am in order to get ready in time for leaving my hostel and to meet the coach group for the weekends coach trip to Hualien and east Taiwan. Because I had to meet the coach group at 5:50 AM I could not catch the MRT as it didn't start until 6AM. But luckily there was lots of Taxis driving around outside my hostel so I managed to c...


The Beginning of A Journey

When is the beginning of a journey? The moment you're waiting for your flight at the airport? The moment you're flying in the sky? Or the moment you land on your destination? PACKING, to me packing is the beginning of a journey!!! No matter how many shirts, pants, or cookies you want to pack into your suitcase. JUST ENJOY IT!!! :D Cause your journey ha...


Emperors Palace mountain hike

The three of us started the hike from a carpark a little further away from the mountain than planned because the road was being repaired because of a large landslide which occurred a few days earlier from tropical storm Talim. To repair the ground and to stop further landslides there was several people putting a huge metal net over the eroded soil to he...


YueMeiKeng Waterfall Hike

I met up with a group of people for the waterfall hike after finding the event on facebook. We met at a Taipei local MRT and waited for everyone to arrive. Although we had to wait about an hour for the bus. We took a local coach to Yilan which is south east of Taipei city, but as it was a weekend the roads were very busy and it took us about two hours o...