Tag: Taiwan
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Taipei
We landed in Taipei on a warm Monday afternoon, took a taxi to our hotel in Ximen, checked in, and immediately set out to wander the neighborhood. Within the hour, we had gotten bubble tea at 50 Lan, bought a knock-off bubble tea carrier, eaten some incredible beef noodles at Lao Shandong Homemade Noodles, and played the first of many, many claw machines. The next morning, we stopped at Fong Da Coffee – a coffee institution since the 1950s – for strong brews and a little breakfast, then hopped on MRT to go to Taipei 101. The plan was to…
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Taipei
Early on a Monday morning, I slept as much as I could, checked out of my Hong Kong airport hotel, and bounced over quickly to the airport for my flight. (Proximity to the airport for this flight was another reason for moving to this hotel from my SoHo Airbnb.) My initial plans for Taiwan were to immediately hop on a southbound train out of the city and go to Taroko National Park for a couple days, but this plan started to unravel before I even got on my flight. I had previously emailed the lodge I wanted to stay at…
