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百年檜木甜甜圈
Food & Drinks, Travel Guide

What to eat in Fenchihu (Fenqihu) on a bus stopover – you have an hour!

Historically, the only reason why people stopover at Fenchihu/Fenqihu 奮起湖 was to have a quick lunch on their tedious train journey from Chiayi towards Alishan. Gradually, the quick lunch – also known as railway lunchbox 鐵路便當 became so popular that travellers make a deliberate stopover at Fenqihu to experience the flavours of olden days. Today, even with extended transport options to Alishan, it is still essential to grab a railway lunchbox on the way. Bus route from Chiayi to Alishan…

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龍虎塔 Dragon and Tiger Pagoda
Lifestyle, Travel Guide

Lazy 48 hours guide to Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung is located southern part of Taiwan and is connected to many cities via highspeed rail, railways and flights. We love Kaohsiung for many reasons and one of which is the simplicity of getting around in this city. At the same time, the city is tranquil despite being a major international port and industrial city. Here we have, a laidback 48-hour itinerary to fit this laidback city.  Overview Airport Transfer The public transportation is simple in Kaohsiung and the city…

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Duck Zhen
Food & Drinks, Travel Guide

Spend a day eating with us in Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung needs more attention for it has the perfect balance of city and slow life, for its amazing xiao long bao, for the choice of bubble tea shops, for its photogenic old district and amazing sunset. In short, I really love Kaohsiung – so much that we dedicated a day (actually more) to eat our way through the city. We could have explored more if our stomach allows but for now here’s our limit in a day… What to eat…

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旗津海水浴場
Lifestyle, Travel Guide

Cijin Island: A black sand beach a ferry ride away from Kaohsiung

Just 5 minutes away from Kaohsiung, you’ll reach a beautiful island called Cijin Island 旗津島, making it the perfect destination for families to spend their evening together. We too, wandered around the Cijin District before getting on the ferry with a tap of our iPass card. It is as easy as it sounds and as relaxing as an evening getaway can get. How to get to Cijin Island? Ferry operates at about 10 minutes interval daily at Gushan Ferry Pier…

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Hayashi Departmental Store
Food & Drinks, Travel Guide

Experience Tainan in a Daytrip! 5 places not to be missed.

They say if you haven’t been to Tainan, you haven’t experience Taiwan. True in some sense. If you never step into Tainan, you might not know the strong Japanese influence in the country. Tainan is one of the oldest city in Taiwan. There are barely any high-rise buildings but they are well-known for preserving the colonial buildings – evidence of their occupation history. We get a full day in this city, just 15 minutes HSR ride away from Kaohsiung. Here…

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Salt Baked Squid
Food & Drinks, Travel Guide

No Menu Local Dining in Tainan

A restaurant serving 8 courses at the fixed price, with a humourous chef and fresh ingredients – I can totally see why it’s started to get listed as one of the things to do in Tainan. Zhuxinju 筑馨居 is located along a quiet alley of old shophouses and it’s just another table of guest and us while we were there for the lunch course. The dinner, on the other hand is always packed. Reservation is required a day in advance…

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