This morning saw Nick and I sleeping in (again!) late and rising for breakfast. We honestly had every intention of waking up early and making the most of the day, but this is not what happened ha ha. Instead, we were breakfasting at 9am to one of the most impressive breakfast buffets we have ever… Continue reading Hong Kong: Dragon’s Back Trail
Hong Kong: Cordis Hotel
Waking up this morning was torture. I am so not used to 5am starts anymore. One good thing is that here, its pretty much full daylight around 5:30am so that helped us get into gear and moving. Happily, the storm of the previous day had blown over. It was overcast, but no longer raining. We… Continue reading Hong Kong: Cordis Hotel
Taiwan: Beitou to Airport
I woke up quite disorientated this morning. It felt late but it was SO dark. Not a lot of light spilled into this luxury apartment during the night, but there was more than this during the day yesterday. Something was up. Checking my watch, my first assessment was right. It was LATE. Almost 9am. On… Continue reading Taiwan: Beitou to Airport
Taiwan: Beitou Grand View Hotel and Thermal Valley
This morning saw us having a relatively good start on the morning and having our last breakfast at the Dandy Hotel Daan Park with an extra surprise. A live violinist. As Nick said it only in Asia that you could have a live violinist play for you over breakfast at a 3-star hotel. It was… Continue reading Taiwan: Beitou Grand View Hotel and Thermal Valley
Taiwan: Elephant Mountain & Huashan 1914 Creative Park
This morning saw us getting out of bed at a decent hour and heading down to breakfast before heading out to Elephant Mountain. Elephant Mountain, also known as Xiangshan is well known as for its hiking trail. As Nick had seen plenty of hiking the previous day, we had resolved to have an easy day… Continue reading Taiwan: Elephant Mountain & Huashan 1914 Creative Park
Taiwan: Taipei Solo Soar-ing! Pt 1
So this morning, there was a very, very early alarm going off at 5:45am. This was so Nick could get up and get a taxi to his rendezvous point for his River Tracing tour. Wait, wait…only Nick? That’s right folks, today we decided to spend a day apart. While Nick would be wading through rivers and… Continue reading Taiwan: Taipei Solo Soar-ing! Pt 1
Taiwan: Fone-Mei River Tracing Adventure
So I’m a bit late to write this up… But better late then never! River tracing (or trekking) is very popular in both Taiwan and Hong Kong, and involves trekking, climbing and swimming along a river. Taiwan has an enormous mountain range which cuts the country in half, which has led to the formation of… Continue reading Taiwan: Fone-Mei River Tracing Adventure
