Hiroshima Castle

I’ve heard that Japanese people are friendly and helpful and I must say that really does seem to be the case. A guy in a convenience store, spent 20 minutes helping me figure out where I could get a data SIM for my phone, he even called other stores. He eventually found the answer and […]

Lungshan Temple

One of the things I find strange is walking into temples that are still active places of worship. So I don’t go in unless they are obviously also signing for tourists. Today I went to a very busy Buddhist temple, loads of people praying and making offerings. As you can see in the picture, you […]

Liberty Square

Weather was a bit meh, but Taipei is a nice city to walk around in.

View from the 101

89th floor of Taipei 101. Sadly the 91th floor was closed so I only got the view through windows. Also they say they have the fastest elevator in the world, no idea how true it is but it was damn fast. Then I found out my visa card had been abused so I had to […]

Taipei

Arrived in Taipei, English no longer really effective and my mandarin is non existent. Ordering food based on pictures does add a bit of adventure to the process of eating.