A dangerously windy weekend in Heng Chun involved completing two entire paint-by-number paintings: Observing the waves from a safe distance: Nearly being blown away atop this cliff: Driving Around: Visiting a strawberry farm: An onion farm: Dry and bare onion prepared beds: Flooded for planting: And a dragon fruit farm:
More Iced Desserts and Some Impressive Trash Sorting
Words cannot express how excited I was to find an acceptably mediocre ice cream joint right by my house that charges 15NT (that’s 60 cents) per scoop (和美冰果室) They even give you the delicious sugar cone for free! A lot of the fancier ice cream places around town have shitty paper wafer cones that start… Continue reading More Iced Desserts and Some Impressive Trash Sorting
More Ramen, Getting Lost, Thoughts on Restaurant Service
I’ve been wandering around town not up to anything too exciting this week. But fear not, friends: food was consumed, photos were taken. Nobody should be surprised that I went back to Universal Noodle for more ramen. I took a friend there for dinner one night, and we had the pork and pesto (yes! pesto!)… Continue reading More Ramen, Getting Lost, Thoughts on Restaurant Service
Bi Jia Shan 筆架連峰
Bi Jia Shan is a part of great ridge trail that runs from XinDian in Taipei City all the way east towards the coast. The most famous bit of it is called the Huangdi Dian, which includes a series of peaks. Bi Jia Shan is a really fun bit of it with some very rewarding… Continue reading Bi Jia Shan 筆架連峰
Teapot Mountain & Jiu Fen
The forecast said it would be sunny, so we set out in the morning for a hike up Teapot Mountain, excited for the beautiful views of the sea. After all, this is what Google Images had promised. Unfortunately, weather forecasts are basically useless in Taiwan, where, as I am learning, the weather turns in the… Continue reading Teapot Mountain & Jiu Fen
Ice cream, Noodles, and Sushi: All a girl really needs
Found some wicked sushi at the fish market. I will most certainly be back. I absolutely love soup noodles. Any kind of soup noodles. Taiwanese beef noodles are quite famous, but I’ve yet to find one better than the one my mom’s friend makes back in Canada. Ramen is another obvious choice, but any local… Continue reading Ice cream, Noodles, and Sushi: All a girl really needs
Taroko National Park
The weekend before class started, I went on a spontaneous trip to Taroko National Park with some new friends. It is on the east coast of Taiwan, which is far less populated than the west coast, where almost all the cities are, and down which all the major highways and railways run. This made our… Continue reading Taroko National Park
Elephant Mountain
A few days after arriving in Taiwan, I discovered that one of the terminal stops (right next to 101) on the Taipei subway system is called “Elephant Mountain”, so obviously I had to go check it out. I blame my initial excitement for my lack of foresight into the fact that 11AM on an August afternoon is… Continue reading Elephant Mountain
Yang Ming Shan
When I first got to Taipei in August, the heat in the city was simply unbearable. I figured a trek up the mountains would be a nice escape and a good opportunity to meet some active people. I found a rather large hiking group on meetup.com that had just a couple spots left on a hike that very weekend, so I signed up immediately.