Tag Archive: Taipei

48 Hours in Taipei [The Sojourn Diaries article]

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Crossposted from The Sojourn Diaries where I’m a featured writer. Check out the site for more interesting and snappy travel stories! 48 hours in Taipei   Day 1 Start off your morning right and pop down to your neighbourhood breakfast joint for a nice local breakfast. Or if you’re feeling lazy, pick up a traditional…

How to Pack for a Shopping Trip [Go! Girl Guides Article]

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Crossposted from Go! Girl Guides, where I’m a contributing blogger. Check out the site for more great articles from other freewheelin’ travellin’ girls that go! Singapore, where I hail from, is a land of malls. We have new shopping malls sprouting up every year, and a recent survey found that shopping was second on the…

My Love for Taiwan Hot Springs – Part 1

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Happy Friday people! It’s the first day I’m ‘jobless’ and it’s pretty gratifying to be lounging around at home while you know everyone is working… Anyway here’s a little post that’s been sitting around my drafts for awhile… enjoy and daydream on a Friday people! One huge reason I love going to Taiwan is that…

Taiwan Tales 2 – Taipei (Yang Ming Shan + Bei Tou + Dan Shui)

From the front: K skipping on merrily right in front,

Yang Ming Shan ??? Here’s Mimi the resident Taiwanmex cat to start off this post: The next day we headed to Yang Ming Shan by catching Bus 260 from outside the Taipei Main Railway Station. The trip takes about an hour and drops you off at the YMS bus terminal, where you either hike around…

Taiwan Tales 1 – Taipei (Shilin)

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Hello Taiwan! Back then I had the good fortune of flying Singapore Airlines, so I met the rest who flew Jetstar at Chiang Kai Shek airport in Taoyuan (SIA lands at T1, Jetstar at T2, the landing time is pretty close, 6pm+) and the hostel people picked us up and brought us back to our…