


A visit to Shifen and Juifen
Our hosts in Taipei are absolutely amazing. Sarah is from South Korea and Ken is from Taiwan and they would do anything to make our stay more enjoyable. We regularly […]

Taipei 101 – an architectural marvel
Paris has the Eiffel Tower, NY has the Empire State Building, London has Big Ben… and Taipei has Taipei 101. This extraordinary building consists of 101 floors above the ground […]

Guandu Nature Park and Guandu Temple
Guandu Nature Park opened in 2001 under the control of the Wild Bird Society of Taipei. According to my guide book, it has over 100 species of birds, 150 species […]

Miniatures Museum of Taiwan
I love this town! I love this country! There’s culture, there’s wonderful nature and people are more than friendly. They’ll go out of their way to help you. Anyway. This […]

Caoling Historical Trail in Taiwan
There is so much to do around Taipei which means that we’ll have a very VERY busy schedule during our stay here in Taiwan. Let’s just hope that my feet […]

Taipei Botanical Garden
You must have already noticed that I love botanical gardens. Whenever we go to a new town, we always check if there is a botanical garden to visit. The Taipei […]

Greetings from Taiwan
We flew to Taipei from Amsterdam. It was a direct flight and it took about 12h. It was 6°C when we left Holland and 32°C when we arrived in Taipei. […]