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 Literature, Altar of Heaven, God of War Temple, Mazu Temple, City God Temple, and East Mountain Temple. At these temples you see many people burning large stacks of money. It isn’t real money, but fake money that is supposed to go up to their ancestors in heaven.
Across the street from my hotel was a big bookstore. I found the English section on the 4th floor and read some Taiwan travel guides for ideas. And I did get some last minute places to go to.
I found a bar that had a place I could sit down and use a wireless Internet connection in the evening. I ordered a bowl of Vegetable Soup which seemed pretty healthy.