It was so good to see Natalie, and to be back visiting her in Singapore. Needless to say the first evening was spent catching up and grabbing some food. I did very little with my first day in Singas whilst Nat was at work. It mainly consisted of sitting around, then sitting around the pool with a bit of a swim. But that evening I met her and her work mates for a few beers before we took a break from the bar to go to a comedy night in the same format as Who’s Li...

That’s the brief visit to Hualien done. So after a bit of breakfast and packing, I hopped on the train back to Taipei. I had booked back in at JV’s Hostel, mainly because Rice is just so lovely. I got to the hostel to find it locked and no one there, luckily just a few moments later, Rice came running round the corner to let me having remembered what time my train was due into Taipei. Bless. Taipei was really hazy and smoggy and after a shower and a catch up...

I decided rather than spending the full time in Taipei, I’d make a brief visit to Hualien. The 4(ish) hour train journey was really pretty going through the country, but the weather looked very ominous when I arrived. Luckily, the hostel – The Black Bear, was close to the station. The lady was nice but forgot to give me the hostel room’s door key that was a fun trip up and down the stairs in the humidity and with the backpack on. But the hostel was nice and...

Taiwan! I have to admit I was curious about coming here, the only thing I knew about Taiwan was that when I was growing up everything seemed to be ‘Made in Taiwan’. It was really easy to work the metro from Taipei’s domestic airport (Songshan) to my stop; Liuzhangli. And hello humidity!!! It’s been a couple of months since I’ve encountered that and to make it worse, I started walking in the direction of the hostel and noticed a weird loud siren, a bit l...

I woke up to a nice message from the girls wishing me well with my travels and I headed to the main bus station to grab my bus up to Seoul for my final stop in South Korea. Once I arrived in Seoul, trying to suss out the metro system and even the ticketing for it is a nightmare and following the signs down to the line I wanted seemed to take me on a wild goose chase. Anyway I worked it out and made it to Hongik University stop to find my ticket wouldn’t let me ...