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Breakfast is a feast in Taiwan (and it’s free)

Breakfast is a feast in Taiwan (and it’s free)

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Both hotels in Kaohsiung and Taipei provided free daily breakfast buffet. Our expectation was a continental breakfast similar to Holiday Inn Express or Hilton Garden Inn. Boy, we ate and ate, often ended up not having lunch; instead we had an afternoon snack, followed by early dinner and a walk after. Our breakfast buffet in Kaohsiung (Chateau de Chine) would probably cost $30CAD back home.  There were so many food counters (Western, Chinese, Japanese): one for rice, congee, soup; one…

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Did our first week in Taiwan go that fast?

Did our first week in Taiwan go that fast?

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One week after touching down in Asia, in Taiwan, and we are already moving to the final week of our visit here. We leave Kaohsiung with memory imprints of this highly-sensory port city. It’s no-nonsense working class,  yet they are smoothing out the rough edges with ambitious development, shiny facilities and increasing attractions. More . . .