I visited the Taipei 101 again, this time with my parents and at night time (here is my daytime post). If I have to choose between the two visits, I'd prefer the night time one. We had better views and there were fewer people (still quite a lot, but not too many). We arrived around… Continue reading Taipei: 101 at night
Author: bluebalu
Food lover, photography fan and avid traveller - living in Hong Kong since 2011
Taipei: Street market food
Taipei is famous for its night markets - but they actually already start in the late afternoon. So after we visited the Bao-an temple it was still early, but a street close by was already setting up the stalls for the street food vendors. They were already selling the first dishes to some locals, who… Continue reading Taipei: Street market food
Taipei: Confucius and Bao-an Temple
Two of the temples I was looking forward to visit were the Confucius Temple and Dalongdong Bao-an Temple, both located at Dalong Street, Datong District. Both temples are seldom visited by tourists in comparison to the Longshan Temple of Wanhua District, but they are also very beautiful. The Confucius temple honors a philosopher, who valued… Continue reading Taipei: Confucius and Bao-an Temple
Taipei: National Palace Museum
Of course, we also visited the famous National Palace Museum in Taipei - which is probably one of the top two sightseeing destinations (together with Taipei 101) in the city. Everyone goes there to see the largest collection of priceless Chinese artefacts and artwork in the world, including ancient bronze castings, calligraphy, scroll paintings, porcelain,… Continue reading Taipei: National Palace Museum
Taipei: Qingshan Temple
It has been a few months now that I've been back from a long weekend trip to Taipei with my visiting parents, but I've only recently found time to sort through the pictures and write about our experience. So please excuse my delay and enjoy the pictures form Taipei. On our first day, we walked… Continue reading Taipei: Qingshan Temple
Sam’s second month
I can't believe how quickly time flies - our little British shorthair cat is growing rapidly. He's now 18 weeks old and becoming a big boy. He's been living with us for to months now and figured out how to reach the top of the dining table, loves to rip up kitchen paper and has… Continue reading Sam’s second month
Hiking: Sunny Bay to Disney
Same Saturday, but another hike - after my Hong Kong Island hike I decided to travel to Sunny Bay and join the Hong Kong Hiking MeetUp group there. Together, we'd explore an off-the-beaten path to Disney. Just in time to watch the fireworks. A group of eager hikers met at the station and we all… Continue reading Hiking: Sunny Bay to Disney
Hiking: Quarry Bay to Wong Nai Chung Reservoir
It was hot and sunny last Saturday - so we decided to hike as much in the shade as possible. Initially we had planned to hike the Twins or Dragon's Back but that was just a stupid idea. So Monica and I met up to hike somewhere in Quarry Bay, which has become our usual… Continue reading Hiking: Quarry Bay to Wong Nai Chung Reservoir
Hiking: High West and the Peak
I had thought I’ve done all the hikes up, down and around the Peak – but clearly I was wrong. Last Sunday I had signed up for another MeetUp hike to the peak and I was intrigued, it promised to visit the High West Mountain behind the Peak. I had no idea this mountain existed…… Continue reading Hiking: High West and the Peak
Hong Kong Maritime Museum
For a really strange and bizarre reason I thought I had blogged about this already - the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. But when I looked through my posts this year, I could not find it. I must have dreamt that I had already written about it! So here is it, the forgotten-to-write-about-this-in-April blog post about… Continue reading Hong Kong Maritime Museum
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