Tag Archives: Taichung

Trip To Taiwan – Day 4

Group photo at Jiufen

14th October 2016 My son Leslie had mooted the idea of having breakfast at Taichung 2nd Market so Ah Mang Ker brought us there. The 2nd Market at San Ming Road in Taichung city is an iconic octagonal landmark designed and built by the Japanese during the Japanese occupation. It is a wet market where locals buy groceries such as ...

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Trip To Taiwan – Day 3

Rainbow Village

13th October 2016 After waking up, I took a stroll in the vicinity of the minshu.  I saw some beautiful flowers and some small strawberries in the compound of the minshu. The views of the minshu and the surroundings were lovely. We were provided with complimentary breakfasts. There were quite a lot of choices but I just tried some of ...

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Trip To Taiwan – Day 2

Amazing view

12th October 2016 Coke Liao had to depart for Singapore to attend a friend’s wedding so he asked his friend Ching Man Zhu to replace him as our tour driver for the remaining duration of our Taiwan trip. We gave him the nickname Ah Mang Ker. Ah Mang Ker came to our hotel at about 8am and brought us in ...

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Trip To Taiwan – Day 1

My wife, my sister-in-law Angela, my mother-in-law, my son Leslie, my sister-in-law Shirley and my sister-in-law Margaret

10th October 2016 The trip to Taiwan was planned by my wife and her sisters in August while I was still in Kuching.  The initial plan was for six of them (my wife, my son Leslie, my mother-in-law and my sister-in-laws Margaret, Angela and Shirley) to go on the trip as I was scheduled to be in Kuching again for ...

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