I love food, but I’m not soooo adventurous – I normally don’t venture further than veggies and chicken. Therefore eating in Taiwan has been an experience and taken me out of my food comfort zone. Here is a sample of the culinary delights I sampled this week and some not so delightful. Millet Soup and Veggie Pastie – 5/10 The millet soup was a wee bit too bland for me, even when I … Continue reading
I was going to have a quiet day today, but the lure of the mountains was too much, so after breakfast I headed to Wulai. I had to catch the train to Xindian, which is at the end of the line. Too easy or so I thought :oS When the train terminated I suddenly realised the train line had forked and I was actually miles away from where I wanted to be – … Continue reading
The upside of working overseas is my accommodation, flight, food, etc is paid for; the downside is I have to actually work Monday to Friday and every evening this week I have been finishing at 8pm. Boooo!!! I’m not sure if the late hours is part of the Taiwan culture or just this project :o( However, the good news it’s now the weekend and I have a new city to … Continue reading
On arrival at Taiwan airport I spotted a big sign – “Made in Taiwan”. It made me smile since that sums up my knowledge of Taiwan: this is the country where many electrical appliances start their life. Hopefully at the end of this trip I will know a lot more about this off the beaten track land. Well, my first discovery, I am not too keen on the food. :oS … Continue reading
I had a very long 2-day journey back to Sydney – Dubrovnik to Zadar to Frankfurt to Seoul and finally to Sydney – home sweet home. Not a trip I’d recommend. :oS At Frankfurt, I had to retrieve all my luggage since my next leg was with a different airline. With 9 hours to kill I decided to dump my bags in storage and catch the train into the city. … Continue reading
