On Sunday, we headed to Tucheng for the final day of the 2000 2009 Tucheng Tung Blossom Festival [土城桐花節]. Although the last day of the festival has passed, there should still be plenty of blossoms to see if you head over there in the next week or so.
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Tucheng Tung Blossom Festival
Published May 5, 2009 Northern Taiwan , Taipei County 5 CommentsTags: Tucheng Tung Blossom Festival
Sending Roses
Published February 23, 2009 Northern Taiwan , Taipei City Leave a CommentTags: CKS Shilin Residence, Roses
For anyone who missed it, yesterday was the last day of the 2009 Shilin Presidential Rose Festival. We checked out the festivities on Saturday along with a few thousand Taipei residents. Given the size of the park, it didn’t seem too crowded for Taipei.
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Jinguashi – The Gold Ecological Park
Published February 16, 2009 Northern Taiwan , Taipei County 7 CommentsTags: Gold Ecological Park, Jinguashi
Located on the northeast coast of Taiwan, Jinguashi [金瓜石] was once a booming gold and copper mining town. The once prosperous area took a major plunge after the mines exhausted. However, in recent years the area has reinvented itself as a popular tourist destination. Jinguashi is home to the Gold Ecological Park [黃金博物園區], which preserves Taiwan’s mining history and serves as a venue for environmental education.
Yingge Ceramics Museum
Published February 12, 2009 Northern Taiwan , Taipei County 6 CommentsTags: Yingge Ceramics Museum
The Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum [臺北縣立鶯歌陶瓷博物館] is a great stop for anyone wishing to get out of Taipei City for a day. Cathy and I took my parents there while they were visiting Taiwan and we all loved it. Signs are in both Chinese and English, there’s an audio-tour, and it’s easily accessible by train or bus!
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Cihu Presidential Mausoleum
Published October 17, 2008 Northern Taiwan , Taoyuan County 6 CommentsTags: Cihu Presidential Mausoleum, Taiwan
Over the Double Ten holiday weekend we took a trip out to Cihu Presidential Mausoleum in Taoyuan County. The site serves as the temporary resting place of the late President Chiang Kai-shek [ 蔣介石 / 蔣中正]. Statues of Chiang Kai-shek removed from parks and schools may find themselves here.
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Doing the Touristy Stuff
Published June 18, 2008 Northern Taiwan , Taichung City , Taichung County , Taipei 101 , Taipei City , Western Taiwan 3 CommentsTags: Chih-shan Garden, High Speed Rail, National Palace Museum, San-hsi t'ang Teahouse
Two salespeople from the company Cathy works for had to entertain a couple of their company’s customers in Taipei on Sunday. Through some unusual series of events Cathy and myself were roped into the task, too. Our free time was exchanged for free meals, various entrance tickets, and a ride home on the High Speed Rail as opposed to our usual luxurious choice: the Kuo-Kuang Bus Company [國光客運] . Our first destination was the National Palace Museum [國立故宮博物院]. Before strolling through the museum we ate lunch at the San-hsi t’ang Teahouse [三希堂], located on the fourth floor of the main exhibition hall.
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Cosplay at NTU – Petit Fancy 8 [the extended post]
Published April 28, 2008 Northern Taiwan , Taipei City , Taiwan Entertainment 15 CommentsTags: Cosplay
As mentioned in the previous post, Petit Fancy 8 was held at National Taiwan University’s campus over the weekend, here is the picture heavy post that I promised. David Reid wrote a post about the event over the weekend, as did Darren Melrose on his new WP-powered blog. My anime phase passed after Cowboy Bebop aired on the Cartoon Network, so I have no idea who most of these characters are.
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Cosplay in Taiwan – PF8
Published April 26, 2008 Northern Taiwan , Taipei City , Taiwan Entertainment 5 CommentsTags: Cosplay, NTU
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting up with bloggers/photographers Craig Ferguson, David Reid, and Darren Melrose for the cosplay event Petit Fancy 8 held at National Taiwan University. The event also marked my first time shooting in RAW and right now I am trying to get used to using Adobe Lightroom as opposed to sorting and adjusting pictures in iPhoto.
I’ll have a longer post, with more pictures, in the next few days.
Taoyuan Valley Hike: Trail Views and Dasi
Published March 21, 2008 Hiking Trails , Northern Taiwan , Yilan County 13 Comments
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After I had gotten out of the forested area full of butterflies, I made my way to the higher elevations of the trail. I started on the Caoling Line of the Taoyuan Valley [桃源谷步道草嶺線]. This section is 4.5 kilometers [~2.8 miles] and gives some great views of Taiwan’s mountainous northeast coast.
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Taoyuan Valley Hike: Taiwan Water Buffaloes
Published March 21, 2008 Hiking Trails , Northern Taiwan , Yilan County 4 Comments
Like Yangmingshan National Park’s Cingtiangang, the Taoyuan Valley [桃源谷] also provides an opportunity to see grazing water buffaloes.
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