Springbreak started with a trip to Taipei last weekend, and returned to Tainan after two days in the north. I bought business-class tickets with the highspeed railway, and that was quite comfortable.The highspeed rail is comfortable in regular class as well, but in business you got wider seats, coffee, newspapers and the seat could recline quite a lot. Then on the way back south, I chose to go by a business-class bus. Comfortable seats, good recline, TV/music and no-one beside you. But as it didn't go any quicker than regular bus (and I did have some trouble with the controlpanel of my seat), I'll take the regular one next time, at half the prize.
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This is what you get if you pay double for your bus-ticket,
but you'll arrive at the same time. |
Go explore!
After the weekend in Taipei, I rented a scooter and went to explore Tainan for a day. I first went to Google Maps to find a destination and to memorize how to get there, and then hoped I would find my way back. I wanted to go swimming, so I went to a small island that seemed to have a beach on it. But the sign there said (not surprisingly) swimming forbidden. So I went on and found a warship being docked along the harbor. It turned out to be an exhibition, so I boarded the ship. After walking around for a while I finished off with a cup of coffee on the helicopter platform at the back of the ship.
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| Cool warship! And yes, it has served in several combats around Taiwan. |
Some pictures
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Randomly placed chair, beside a tree, beside the beach.
But I like it! |
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Many historical sites and buildings in Tainan,
this castle now serves as immigration office! |
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It all shows red. Temperature close to 30 degrees, and humidity of 80, and it's still spring-time :)
This is a selfmade stand btw, a clock and a thermometer mounted on some cardboard with glue ^^ |
Nightmarket
Nightmarkets are fun, and this one we went to last saturday night was quite big as well. I like to taste new types of food, as long as it looks and smells ok. In Tainan you can find something called a coffin. What it is? Ok, take a slice of bread, toast it, cut out "the filling", pour soup into the hole and put "the filling" back on top. Like this:
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| And it tastes good! |
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| Thanks to my friend Amber for pictures |
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Trying to learn out how to play Mahjong.
I've heard it's many ways to play Mahjong,
so maybe this is the night-market version? |
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| I'd like a towel please, the big black one with the blue cat on it! |
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My first mahjong-set. Still don't know how to play though!
One of my goals to accomplish before I return to Norway must be to learn how to play it ;) |
See you!
