Had another good breakfast at the bnb, can't say as much about the quality of the sleep though....my goodness that bed was hard ! Loaded up the car and before we left Lukang, went to have a look to see if there was anything going on in the old street....well it was buzzing. The town had come alive!! Again lots of stalls selling various foods, not sure if I've mentioned stinky tofu....well it is rank....but they seem very keen on it. David got excited by the hand made knife stand and bought something sharp to go in the luggage and I bought a few bits that might appear in a dem ! Next stop Alishan National Scenic Area. At it's highest 2600 mts. The express road to the area was easy and fairly quiet but as ... read more

Wed 7/2 Due to persistent precipitation we decided that today would be museum visiting, so thought we'd tackle the journey to the National Presidential palace museum. It looked quite a way on the map but half an hour after leaving the hotel we were there! The metro is Japanese efficient and super clean and easy and a 10mins bus ride, also easy to understand. We have a card similar to our Oyster card, so that simplifies things . The national palace museum is home to the largest collection of Chinese Artefacts. Unfortunately every tour group in the country had the same idea and sometimes we were completely swamped by Chinese/Korean/Japanese groups pushing their way through to keep up with their guides waving their flags and insisting on taking photographs of every item!! Usually by pushing through ... read more