More Temple visits - Yay!

A less hot day today - about 25 or 26 degrees. No organised walking tour this time, meaning we, gulp, had to find our own way around. We did OK too. First up was the Taoist Official God of War (or Martial) Temple. Quite a nice Temple that felt very peaceful despite its name. A friendly Lady visitor showed Desley the basics of how to pray Tao-style.

This Lady also helped us find the nearby Grand Matsu Temple - the oldest in Taiwan. A beautiful Taoist Temple that is a 'must see' if visiting Tainan.

Off then to visit the Dutch Chihkan Towers. This is a Fort dating back to 1653, although only the foundations now date from that far back in time.

Our last spot to visit was the Confucian Temple on Nanmen Road. We came here largely because the Taipei Confucius Temple was so terrific. This one is much more restrained in style but was still an interesting spot with gardens and a water feature containing fish and turtles, all of which seemed to be having a lazy old time of it.

Back to the Hotel where one of the Reception ladies went over and above her duty to secure us our train tickets back north to Taichung.

Our completely unformed plan is to travel from there to the beautiful Sun Moon Lake region. Here's hoping - we have already ballsed up our accommodation in Taichung before we even get there - let's not talk about that though. I'm sure it will be a character-building exercise in the end.

'night.