8.30am Today I woke up to my alarm. I have just one major itinerary item, and afterwards will see how it goes. I have to leave for the airport at 3pm latest today. A last look at my hotel room before I check out. 9.47am Checked out of hotel and […]
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Day 4 – Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
(Today is the third day since I got back and I’m catching up on my Taiwan travel entries. I came back to F1 weekend in Singapore and it’s all been very exciting!) Initially my plan was to visit a second museum after the Taipei Fine Arts one but it was […]
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Day 4 – Back to Taipei
8.15am Woke up before my alarm rang. I could afford to take it easy for a bit this morning since I’m done with Taichung for now. 9.38am I checked out of my room and went to the lobby to fill up a bottle and get a free cup of coffee. […]
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Day 1 Final – Contingencies
The next item on my itinerary was Zhongshan Linear Park. It was about 5.45pm by now and temperatures had cooled considerably. So I thought I’ll walk there. It was about 30 mins away. I was left with 20% batt on my iPhone, so I used my Galaxy Flip to map […]
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Day 1 Continued – Huashan 1914 Creative Park
At 2.55pm, I checked into my hotel, Green World Taipei Station, which was supposedly a 5min’s walk from Taipei Main Station. I would later learn that while this 5mins claim was true, it was also elusive. I spoke Mandarin to the hotel receptionist, she replied me in English. Hmmm. I […]
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The Day is Finally Here!
5.27am I was out of bed before the alarm that was set for 5.30am rang. It had been a fitful sleep last night after going to bed at 12.30am. I was hungry and my stomach was growling, and I was worried I would sleep through the alarm and miss my […]