Monthly Archives: June 2008

I took a flight on Northwest Airlines after midnight Eastern time and it arrived at 5:30AM in Detroit. On the first flight from Taiwan I think I slept an hour, but I didn’t sleep at all on this flight. My … Continue reading →

Today is my last day in Taipei, Taiwan and the last day of my trip. I’m pretty satisfied i saw enough of the 4,492 booths at Computex the past few days. Today I went to a computer market in the … Continue reading →

Today I wanted to visit some of the 1,725 exhibitors I missed and take a closer look at some of the bigger ones. I started at Nangang just like yesterday. Zalman was showing some video games displayed in 3D (glasses … Continue reading →

The four buildings yesterday aren’t quite big enough to hold the entire show. A new exhibition center called Nangang opened up this year just time time for Computex and it is the largest building of them all. It is located … Continue reading →

One of the reasons for visiting Taiwan was a chance to see the 2nd largest computer show in the world, Computex. It is located in a series of halls surrounding the world’s tallest building: Taipei 101. I was a little … Continue reading →

Ever since yesterday afternoon it has been raining. I still had places to see, so I set off anyway. I borrowed an umbrella from the hotel and took a bus to the National Natural Science Museum. The highlight here was … Continue reading →

I spent a night in Taichung, which means Middle Tai. It is funny that the other places I stayed were called Tainan and Taipei, which mean South Tai and North Tai. So I guess I have everything covered! Today I … Continue reading →

I took a morning train to Kaohsiung, followed by a bus to Fo Guang Shan, a large modern monastery complex. When I arrived, I asked for a place to put my luggage since I was carrying my full backpack. One … Continue reading →

Tainan is the old capital of the country up until about 100 years ago, when it was moved to Taipei. Today I took a walk around the city. This included Koxinga’s Shrine, Temple of Five Concubines, Lady LinShui’s Temple, Confucius … Continue reading →

I checked out of my cheap room in Taipei and got on a train headed for Tainan. I took one of the slower trains, so it was about five and a half hours to get there. It was nice to … Continue reading →