Trip Summary

To summarise Taiwan as a tourist destination, I found that it was quite underrated with much mountainous and tropical paradise scenery, friendly locals, great food, and very interesting culture. I see Taiwan as an ideal destination for both family holidays and...

Day 16

Today I would sadly be leaving Taiwan. I had a great time, and Taiwan was even more amazing than I expected – there was a large part of me that was kind of hoping I would miss my morning flight home. In fact, I didn’t even look up ahead of time what terminal I would...

Day 15

My final day in Taiwan. Din Tai Fung Earlier in the trip, an old work colleague of mine, Davidson, had contacted me after he realised, I was in Taiwan. Turns out, he had moved to study in Taiwan. Today, our schedules finally aligned so we could go to the famous Din...

Day 14

Longshan Temple My plan today was to tick off a few sight-seeing items for Taipei, starting with visiting Longshan Temple. I travelled to the temple on my motorbike, and parked in a rather interesting underground carpark that was specifically for motorbikes with small...

Day 13

Elephant Mountain In the morning, I got up to go hike up Elephant Mountain. I made the 15-minute motorbike trip over to the start before commencing my journey up the steep steps leading to the lookout over the city. It was very hot walking up even though it was in the...

Day 12

Today would be the day that I would be heading back to Taipei for the remainder of my time in Taiwan. Before heading back to Taipei, I had organized that I would return the car at mid-day allowing me some time to visit the 921 Earthquake Museum in Taichung in the...