Kaohsiung was my second trip to Taiwan, but it was my first time actually picking it as a vacation spot. (The first time I went it was purely for a concert, so it wouldn’t have mattered if I had flown to any other part of Asia.) Initially I wanted to go to Shanghai, but because I was too lazy to go apply for a visa, the next place on my list was Kaohsiung. The sad thing is, we actually booked…
So…after coming back from Fukuoka, I was due back at the airport in around 36 hours. The morning after landing in HK, I had to completely repack my luggage for our flight to Taiwan the next morning. After getting laundry and stuff out of the way, I headed down to the bank to withdraw all my money from my BoC account. (The one perk I have for being a permanent resident – FREE government money!) However the money was immediately…
With only a few hours left in our Kyushu vacation, we spent our remaining time in Fukuoka shopping at Hakata Station. We went inside Tokyu Hands and Amu Plaza for most of the morning to browse through the shops. Afterward we ate lunch at a restaurant which serves basashi. I was actually super full from breakfast still, so I barely had enough space for another meal. But since my uncle really wanted to try it, we had no choice but to oblige. (And…
For our last full day in Kyushu, we continued from where we left off in Nagasaki. We spent most of the morning exploring the grounds at Glover Garden. We took the tram over and entered the garden via the ropeway entrance. It was really high up, so we could see the Nagasaki harbour below. Glover Garden itself was really beautiful. It used to be the residence of a prominent merchant from Scotland and is now the oldest surviving Western style…
The day after Mojiko we went on our last excursion in Kyushu to Nagasaki. We packed our overnight bags and loaded up on the train in the morning. Once we got to Nagasaki we dropped our luggage in the coin lockers and bought day passes for the streetcar. The streetcars in Nagasaki were very convenient and I found it was a leisurely way to explore the city. Our first trip was to the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the…