Friday, 3 August 2012
Lament for Teddy
In a valiant effort to save me from the hordes o monkeys descending upon us, Teddy pulled out his ninja skills to take them on in order to let me run away. Alas, Teddy didn't make it, he's with the monkeys now.
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Adventuring
On Wednesday we went white water rafting. It was so much fun! Obviously I couldn't take any pictures. It rained a lot as well. That was no problem though as I was really wet anyway :-)
After that was swimming in a waterfall after a mini trek.
Then elephants and monkeys. Bus is here for the ferry, have to go.
After that was swimming in a waterfall after a mini trek.
Then elephants and monkeys. Bus is here for the ferry, have to go.
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
We made it!
Teddy and I made it to Bangkok and to the hotel at 5am. We were exhausted and promptly slept!
Upon the morn there was breakfast and figuring out with Pam that we planned too much and so we are abandoning Chiang Mai for an earlier arrival in Phuket.
That means more time on the beach, can't complain about that. Haha.
Teddy couldn't quite believe we were back at the airport again.
Upon the morn there was breakfast and figuring out with Pam that we planned too much and so we are abandoning Chiang Mai for an earlier arrival in Phuket.
That means more time on the beach, can't complain about that. Haha.
Teddy couldn't quite believe we were back at the airport again.
Monday, 30 July 2012
At the airport
Teddy can't take all the waiting! He's dreaming of the place we should be. Poor thing, he is so tired!
Long time no blog
Hey there,
I know, I dropped off the face of the planet technologically speaking, it was lovely!
People kept saying things like "you didn't know about the invite, well it was on Facebook" I would reply with my having no Internet. To be honest, it has been wonderful not having the urge to check my emails etc. on a half hour basis.
The reason for the post...my vacation to Thailand. My friend arrived earlier today and I'm on my way. The airline I have used has been terrible! Both flights have been late. However, I shall reserve true judgement on their services until my return trip to Taiwan.
I'm pretty excited, but that is slowly being washed away with tiredness. As I write this there is a little kid running laps around me. Awesome!
It is midnight, my flight may be ready to board at 1am. Which means I won't be at my hotel until silly o'clock. Thus, I intend to grab as much sleep as I can on the rest of this journey. It takes an hour in the cab from Bangkok airport to the city centre....zzzzz.
Oh yeah!
So expect some posts when I have wifi at the various places we'll be visiting.
Love
xxxxx
I know, I dropped off the face of the planet technologically speaking, it was lovely!
People kept saying things like "you didn't know about the invite, well it was on Facebook" I would reply with my having no Internet. To be honest, it has been wonderful not having the urge to check my emails etc. on a half hour basis.
The reason for the post...my vacation to Thailand. My friend arrived earlier today and I'm on my way. The airline I have used has been terrible! Both flights have been late. However, I shall reserve true judgement on their services until my return trip to Taiwan.
I'm pretty excited, but that is slowly being washed away with tiredness. As I write this there is a little kid running laps around me. Awesome!
It is midnight, my flight may be ready to board at 1am. Which means I won't be at my hotel until silly o'clock. Thus, I intend to grab as much sleep as I can on the rest of this journey. It takes an hour in the cab from Bangkok airport to the city centre....zzzzz.
Oh yeah!
So expect some posts when I have wifi at the various places we'll be visiting.
Love
xxxxx
Sunday, 15 April 2012
SanYi Township
SanYi 三義
Today I went to a town called SanYi in Maioli county with my friends Sue, Nik and Eric. It took about thirty minutes by train from Taichung. A one way ticket with assigned seating is NT$60 but a local train in the style of an underground/subway/mrt will set you back NT$50. There are regular trains that take you there.
SanYi is famous for woodcarving. We walked along the main street and went into an amazing shop. The owner said most of the other woodcarving shops have moved closer to the highway in order to get more custom.
After walking around for a while we took a cab to the Sheng-Hsing Train Station (勝興車站). A cab straight from the train station will about NT$180-200.
Sheng-Hsing train station is an old station that is no longer used. It was completed in 1905 and was the highest station (402 m.) in Taiwan built along the "Old Mountain Railway". The railway track was too small for newer larger trains, so in 1987 a train stopped there for the last time.
A stones throw away from the old station is a tunnel. It is about 725m in length. We walked through the tunnel. It was great but I would recommend taking a torch (flashlight). I slipped a couple of times due to me wearing flip flops, so sturdier shoes than flip flops would be a good idea. Oops.
Also, we found bats in the tunnel. There were recesses in the walls of the tunnel, in one of the larger recesses there were quite a few bats. I would estimate 20-30. Eric took a picture with the flash. The squeaking got pretty loud after that. I crouched when he took the picture just in case they took flight. All was ok though.
Some highlights of the day include; eating a strawberry flavoured sausage (the orange one tasted better), the bats, seeing a giant spinning top, eating yummy mint ice cream and seeing unusual paper mâché masks.
Upon our return to Taichung we went to Bystro for dinner. I have to say that it is one of my favourite restaurants in Taichung.
All in all it was a great Sunday!
Love to all
xxxxx
Today I went to a town called SanYi in Maioli county with my friends Sue, Nik and Eric. It took about thirty minutes by train from Taichung. A one way ticket with assigned seating is NT$60 but a local train in the style of an underground/subway/mrt will set you back NT$50. There are regular trains that take you there.
SanYi is famous for woodcarving. We walked along the main street and went into an amazing shop. The owner said most of the other woodcarving shops have moved closer to the highway in order to get more custom.
After walking around for a while we took a cab to the Sheng-Hsing Train Station (勝興車站). A cab straight from the train station will about NT$180-200.
Sheng-Hsing train station is an old station that is no longer used. It was completed in 1905 and was the highest station (402 m.) in Taiwan built along the "Old Mountain Railway". The railway track was too small for newer larger trains, so in 1987 a train stopped there for the last time.
A stones throw away from the old station is a tunnel. It is about 725m in length. We walked through the tunnel. It was great but I would recommend taking a torch (flashlight). I slipped a couple of times due to me wearing flip flops, so sturdier shoes than flip flops would be a good idea. Oops.
Also, we found bats in the tunnel. There were recesses in the walls of the tunnel, in one of the larger recesses there were quite a few bats. I would estimate 20-30. Eric took a picture with the flash. The squeaking got pretty loud after that. I crouched when he took the picture just in case they took flight. All was ok though.
Some highlights of the day include; eating a strawberry flavoured sausage (the orange one tasted better), the bats, seeing a giant spinning top, eating yummy mint ice cream and seeing unusual paper mâché masks.
Upon our return to Taichung we went to Bystro for dinner. I have to say that it is one of my favourite restaurants in Taichung.
All in all it was a great Sunday!
Love to all
xxxxx
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