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...

Having explored the colonial past along the coast I was now ready to explore Tainan's rich cultural heritage back in the town centre. Conveniently the city has divided the centre into five 'cultural zones' complete with walking maps posted regularly throughout each to guide visitors around the places to visit in eachI was to begin with the Chihkan Cultural Zone, named after the Chihken Tower. This was originally a Dutch Fort but was captured and all that remains ...

Today was an exciting day exploring the ancient capital of Tainan. Not only is Tainan rich in historic treasures it was the site of a European settlement so has two fortresses and trading outposts.After lots of exploring the last few days I was able to sleep in and have a long hot shower before heading out for the day. The first challenge was finding the bus stop. It was meant to be just a block away but it was hard to make out anything that looked like a bus sto...