Today were out of bed by 7 mainly because we had to navigate the metro again, in order to meet up with a walking tour around the downtown area of Seoul. At this hotel we have access to a club room where they do a pretty good buffet breakfast, which includes the services of an…

We spent most of today travelling so it won’t be a long blog today. Everything went to plan, so I don’t even have a story where we narrowly averted some kind of disaster. We left out hotel in Taipei at 8:30 and arrived at our new hotel in Seoul at 5 PM having lost an…

The plan for this morning was to wake up early, catch a train to the ‘Sunrise Station’ and watch the sun come up over Jade Peak, the highest mountain in Taiwan at 3942 metres. Often the sunrise can be seen with the clouds filling the valley below. The first part of the plan worked well,…

It was a foggy start at Sun Moon lake this morning as I woke up early, hoping for an opportunity to get the drone in the air for a few photos. The early signs weren’t good as a heavy fog lay low right across the lake. As the sun came up the fog lifted and…

This morning saw the inclement weather closing in even more than yesterday. When Steven (our guide) picked us up, he thought that the weather would improve as we head south later in the day. He’s the local, so he should know. The Hotel at Taroko is 670 metres above sea level and we the road…

We had a not too unreasonable 9 AM checkout and pickup from our hotel in Taipei, where we met our guide for the next few days. We drove out of Taipei, still quite amazed  at the extensive network of motorways. Our first stop was a traditional street of Chinese markets, which were mainly food markets.…

We had another slow start to the morning after a pretty busy day yesterday. I registered my second consecutive day of 17,000 steps, which means Debbie topped 20,000 (short steps). We had the buffet breakfast at the hotel, which offers lots of choices including omelettes and waffles, so I had both. Our first stop today…

After some much needed sleep, we woke up this morning around eight. I was feeling well rested and ready to explore. Our first order of business was breakfast, so we took the quieter option of a light breakfast in the Club Room of the hotel. We then went to the Taipei Main Railway station a…

Well… It’s that time again…  Our next holiday is upon us. This time we are heading up to Asia to take in 3 great cities and a little bit of countryside as well. The plan was that September / October would be a fairly quiet time for us both, however I did send out my last…