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...

I had almost finished exploring Tainan and was back at the station. I had given myself two whole days to explore Tainan but it was only about 10am on the 2nd day bringing my schedule up a day and leaving me with a spare day.The walk to the station from the Confucius Cultural Zone will pass thru the Dong-An Fang Cultural Zone. First was the Dongyue Temple which was typical of other templesThe street behind led to the City God Temple. By this time I was a bit overd...

Today was my last day in Tainan and after finishing up the sights I was to move south again to Kaohsiung City, Taiwans second largest city at the southern end of the island. First I was going to walk east from the hotel to the Confucius Temple and Confucius Cultural ZoneThe Confucius Temple was about a 15 min walk and had a perimeter wall with an outer stone gate across the road for the old path that would have led to the entranceThe temple had several buildings ...

Today had been quite a busy day starting with the Forts and European tradings posts at Anping this morning and then exploring the many elaborate temples in the Chihkan Cultural Zone. I was now going to move thru the Five Canals Cultural Zone which which close to my hotel so I could wind down for the day. There are still three more 'cultural zones' I would be exploring tomorrow.A few blocks north of my hotel is the Water Temple Fairy Market and Temple. This starte...