Blogs from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Asia

Tour Day 138, Cruise Day 36 – "Best of Kaohsiung & Tainan" Shore Excursion – Kaohsiung, Taiwan – Those who have been following my post–COVID blogs might know that I typically copy and paste the tour shore excursion description into my blog to give my readers some information and insight into the photos I have included. For some reason, when I tried (on multiple occasions) to call up the description for this shore excursions from the Holland America web site, I got “Error 505” or some such thing. For this blog, you’re not going to get much background as I cannot remember the names of the gardens, temples and shrines I visited and photographed. Anyway, here it is, and I hope you enjoy!... read more

Gestern frühstückte ich wieder gut, bevor ich zum 228 Peace Memorial Park fuhr. Dieser ist einem Massaker 1947 gegen die Zivilbevölkerung von Taiwan gewidmet, welches schlimmer war als Tiananmen 1989. Wie in vielen chinesischen Parks gab es Feng Shui Praktizierende und mehrere Pagoden. Von dort lief ich zum Hauptbahnhof von Taipeh, wo ich meine bestellten Bahntickets abholen konnte. Ich mache nun drei Fahrten mit dem Limited Express und eine mit der High Speed Rail. Die an dem Tag ursprünglich geplante Fahrt mit dem Limited Express konnte ich problemlos stornieren. Anschließend trank ich noch in einem Starbucks einen Frappuccino. Die Fahrt nach Kaohsiung dauerte mit dem langsamen Zug dann doch gut vier Stunden statt zweier mit der Hochgeschwindigkeitsbahn. Am Ziel angekommen marschierte ich wider zu Fuß zum Hotel und reservierte für die zwei kommenden Abende jeweils einen ... read more

Po ranajkach na ulici smer metro a konecna stanica Sizihwan. Odtialto pochodujem za doprovodu horuceho slnka do tunela, ktory usti do National Sun Yat-sen University. Tunel je len pre pesich a cyklistov, dobra skratka pre studentov. Areal univerzity je dost velky, budovy pekne tehlovej farby. Videl som tu aj bieleho studenta. Bielych fakt kopa v tomto meste a aj par cirnych hub. Tych som videl aj jednotlivcov ale i skupinky. No a skupinky sa chovali jak najvacsi bossovia na planete. Stupam do kopca a za zhongshan univerzitou sa napajam na trial. Predbieham jednu starsiu zensku, ak sme sa spravne porozumeli i ona ma rovnaky ciel. Vyhliadku 少女峰 Na zaciatku cesta vobec neni zlozita. Chodnik pekne vyslapany. Na jednom mieste pristresok a dochodci. Za nim ma caka krizovatka,do kopca alebo pozdlz kopca. Podla mapy vedu obe cesty ... read more

Mozem vyhlasit, ze tento hostel je zatial najhorsi. Nie, ze by bol zly ale ked to porovnam s ostatnymi na taiwane tak je slabucky. V cene zadne ranajky, majitel moc napomocny neni, osadenstvo tez slabota, mala postel (zrejme 175cm). Nuz prva ranna misia najst nieco pod zub. V lobby nikto kto by mi nieco odporucil tak obehnutie bloku. Na rohu Liuhe 1 a linsen 1 nachadzam pojazdny stanok s dumplings. Tie zjedenie na ubytku. Pred ubytkom na cs. Meska 10.min. Prichadza na skutri a smer mesto. Prvu hodinu som furt napochybach ci to je zena alebo chlap. Prva zastavka na dzus v 芭樂彩虹果汁 Objednal som si z troch ovoci, takze pohar mal tri farebne poschodia. Na obed parkujeme v 永和小籠包 Tu su mi objednane dumplings, tie zapijam dzusom z ineho podniku. V pohode sa tu da ... read more

Kaohsiung is Taiwan's largest port and second largest city. It feels very different and more sophisticated than any of the other cities we have visited. Modern urban landscape ,wide streets, parks and more grid like streets. I had thought in my wisdom..that it would be a good idea to book us into a bigish shiny type hotel that would have a dining room. All the information said that everywhere would be closed over CNY. So we are booked in for 3 days......Ok a few shops are closed and some businesses but we will not starve !! Every inch of dozens of streets have a stall selling something edible and hundreds of thousands of people walking along them.... read more