http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Taiwan , Hsinchu en-us Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:56:46 +0000 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:56:46 +0000 Upon my arrival in Hsinchu I headed over to the City God Temple where most of the local delicacies including rice noodles shaved ice or meat balls in Taiwanese ldquoba wanrdquo can be found. If yoursquore looking for local cuisine another good place to go are restaurants and night markets located near local universities. The prices are reasonable since these patrons cater to college st http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-447418.html After reading Ant's blog I've been inspired to start my own travel journal. Although my travels will only commence in about 6 weeks I've decided to start by capturing the last few weeks I'll be spending in Taiwan.I decided to walk to work today leaving my scooter parked in front of our fourstory house and undoubtedly leaving Karlien to wonder where I am or rather we're I've gone without the li http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-400539.html Jhudong is relatively small city in the northwest region of Taipei that has a population of approximately 90000 people. The city is about 20 kilometres distant from Hsinchu and it hosts some buildings for Taiwanrsquos technology sector.I was given a quick cartour of the city and I most liked the market which featured many fruit and vegetable stalls. While waiting for a bus to Hsinchu I ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-151493.html Hsinchu is a northwestern city populated by 380000 people. It is located to the southwest of Taipei perhaps 100 kilometers distant. The city is near the coast but not on the coast. I traveled to the city by way of high speed rail HSR. The trip took approximately 40 minutes.The HSR station is newly built and architecturally impressive. It is located outside of the city and there were a cou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-146998.html Taiwan is the shitBus gets a flat tire on the expressway No problem...keep on truckin'. Sidewalk too crowded with people and parked scooters No problem...walk on the road. Feel like crossing an intersection against a red light and 6lane traffic No problem...just step out and they'll drive around you. Taiwan is an offthemap destination with offthewall traffic and outofthisworld food. Ev http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-93355.html Here is another album to share with you all. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-92492.html Last few days have been a bit of a blur. I couldn't sleep much yesterday. Only 4 hours...seriously not enough for me. Work has taken overare you shocked I have experimented with more interesting food...I had some kind of soup with pork meat battered in a fish coating. Ok not something for me. I know that for sure Also I had the rice sticks Hsinchu is also well known for thisbig exp http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-48163.html People actually travel here and manage to go to work the next day As predicted I started melting around 6pm here. By 8pm I was in a strange fog. Not sure if I was walking forward or standing still. Either way a good nights sleep was all I longed for. But alas there was work to be done I crawled into bed around midnight and when my alarm went off at 530 let's just say it is a good thing http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-47801.html Here is20843292426529220986240333849938957263682412035211303403528233394652922148226159228552461830340261596529236889203012084329242288582030922312332251997826377332253567665311329722622324460396403024630340250333544223601261591997129242201022154312290 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-18944.html