Having completed another days exploring this was my final evening in Taiwan as the next evening I would be in transit to Taipei Airport. I was asking in some of the bus companies how much it would be and how long it would take for a bus back to Taipei Airport.I could take the high speed train from Kaohsiung in 1hr 40mins but wanted the slow six hour bus so I could sleep as I had two overnight flights.One bus company had VIP style seats. Each had its own personal ...

One of the favourite parts of my visit to Kaohsiung was the hotel experience. I was staying in a Japanese style capsule hotel which I've stayed at a few times in a Japan. The only difference is instead of sleeping in a pod stacked two high you have your own private room the space of two single beds.Like Korean Jimjilbangs the first thing you must do when you enter is remove your shoes and put on indoor slippers provided. They only have one size and they were too ...

My quest for food took me searching out to the night markets near the hotel. Fortunately there were two night markets.The first one a little further was just a clothing market so a waste but the second closer to the hotel was a buzzing night market full of food stalls. This was a recognized tourist market, had different tour groups passing thru, and vendors handing out free samplesI was looking for the green onion pancakes which I hadnt seen since leaving Taichun...

I now had a whole afternoon to spend in Kaohsiung Taiwan's second largest city having arrived a day ahead of schedule. My plan was to spend the afternoon at Cijin Island where there are some historic Colonial outposts similar to Anping in TainanThe tourist info office told me to take a bus back from the train station but I waited and saw no signs of the buses arriving either at the station or on the departure boards. Since I was right at the subway I decided to t...

I'd now finished exploring Tainan a day ahead of schedule and was ready to travel next to Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second largest city near the southern tip. I was due to reach there by nightfall but had finished exploring Tainan early leaving me with a spare day to fill over my two nights in Kaohsiung.The train ticket was $82 TWD ($2.75) and would last from 10.55-11.42. Before leaving I wanted to find some food as I'd been having a hard time finding food in Tainan. T...