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Around Taiwan Trip, Taiwan, Video »

[30 Oct 2007 | Comments | 1,115 views]
Taroko and Chihpen

Ni Hao!
We haven’t had much luck finding reliable internet lately, so we’ve been quite behind in posting. Or rather, we have been having too much fun traveling that we are ignoring our blog.
Most buildings here are built with steel, concrete & plaster, so hotel wireless is often flakey. It takes us hours just to search for hostels & get directions to the next town so there’s usually no time left for blogging.
We have been on the road in Taiwan, on our around-island trip, for a week now. Although …

Around Taiwan Trip, Taiwan, Video »

[23 Oct 2007 | Comments | 827 views]
Circumference

We leave tomorrow for our around-island trip of awesomeness. (you do know Taiwan is an island, right?)
We start by heading down the east coast towards Hualien. The next morning we drive through the Taroko gorge (pronounced tie-roo-guh) before staying at a five star resort in the heart of the gorge. The next couple nights we’ll spend in the southern part of the island visiting hot spring resorts and beaching, before visiting Cathy’s uncle in the South.
The rest of the trip, we’ll figure out as we go, but the most …