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 city since Computex isn’t really for buying one of something, they wanted you to my …
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Day 357 – Computex, Taiwan
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 required) on LCDs. I think that looked pretty good. There were many companies trying to …
Day 356 – Computex, Taiwan
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 in a different part of the city, so I decided visit this site today. The …
Day 355 – Computex, Taiwan
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 concerned about registering and getting into the show since it seems to be open to …
Day 354 – Taichung & Changhua & Lugang, Taiwan
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 the Science and Technology of ancient China. The four big inventions where there: compass, paper, …
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Day 353 – Chung Tai Chan, Taiwan
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 took the bus to the very center of the island, the city of Puli. My …
Day 352 – Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan
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 of the shaved headed nuns told me it was 11:30 and I can have lunch …
Day 351 – Tainan, Taiwan
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 Temple (I walked in without paying for a ticket by mistake), National Museum of Taiwanese …
Day 350 – Tainan, Taiwan
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 have an air conditioned ride though. After arriving, I checked a couple hotels. There was …
Day 349 – Lion’s Head Mountain, Taiwan
I took a trip to a mountain recommended in the book. Since it was a weekday, there are barely anyone there. There were trails near small rivers and others near the peak with nice views where I could see all the way out to the sea. There were a number of temples, the majority of …