DAY 7 (Reading time: 6 minutes) Our accommodation in the Sun Moon Lake area – a small cosy hotel – is run by a cute elderly lady. Although her English
DAY 8 (Reading time: 3 minutes) After a demanding bike ride yesterday, we didn’t want to spend the next day the same way. So, we changed our means of transportation
DAY 9 (Reading time: 4 minutes) On the last day on the shores of Sun Moon Lake we wanted one more experience as cyclists. When planning, we chose to explore
DAY 10 (Reading time: 2 minutes) We left Sun Moon Lake to its fate and continued south to Kaohsiung, the second largest city in Taiwan. Compared to the deepest blue
DAY 11 (Reading time: 4 minutes) Macaques, monkeys from the family of Old World monkeys, are a popular attraction wherever they have the opportunity for free movement, theft… and people
DAY 12 (Reading time: 6 minutes) We were really looking forward to Fo Guang Shan. A magnificent place with a huge seated Buddha statue and guaranteed authentic relics? We had
DAY 13 (Reading time: 4 minutes) A beautiful morning started right at our Formosa Boulevard metro station, where you can see the so-called Dome of Light. It’s an impressive underground
DAY 14 (Reading time: 3 minutes) It was time to return to Taipei, but we approached it optimistically as it meant another ride on HSR high-speed train, this time across
DAY 15 (Reading time: 4 minutes) The Starks were right; winter is coming. From the daily 30°C, we were shocked to experience a drastic decrease to chilling 23°C! Taiwanese people
DAY 16 (Reading time: 6 minutes) We’ll remember Taiwanese buses for a long time. They’re the type of memories that eventually become funny stories, but when you’re experiencing them firsthand,
