While riding around Kinmen Island on my way to visit the wonderful Shanhou Folk Culture Village and see some old Fujianese architecture, I came across yet another army museum. Situated in the northeast part of Kinmen Island is the Lion
Ghost Clearing Festival : Jincheng Town Kinmen Island
On my recent visit to the Taiwanese Jinmen island I had a very unexpected surprise. The annual City God birthday festival was taking place in the island that week and festivities were grander than ever. The night before the celebrations
A Random Taiwanese Buddhist Garden : Kinmen Island
While riding around the charming Taiwanese Kinmen Island on a motorcycle, I came across a lovely Buddhist garden. While I was living in Taiwan I was used to occasional surprises of spiritual beauty in the middle of nowhere, but it’s
Peace Memorial Park : Kinmen Island
There’s still some time before any peace would come between Taiwan and the mainland, but with the recent changes in policy in the Taiwanese administration both sides have atleast tried to pretend there might be some peaceful resolution to this
Taipei 101 & City Hall
Though I’ve been to the Taipei 101 many times, and have gone up to the observatory more times than I could remember, the Taipei 101 is still somewhat of a treat. Though Hong Kong and mainland China have numbed my
Kinmen Civil Defense Tunnel Exhibition Museum : Jincheng Town
Protecting the civilians in Kinmen from the mainland Chinese invasion are a series of long tunnels built by the civil defense during the 1970. They’re spread all throughout the island, but in Jincheng you can take a walking tour underground
Bishan & Yangzhaidong – Jinsha Township : Kinmen island
Want to see more Fujianese style houses in the Taiwanese Kinmen Island? You got it. This is from the eastern part of the island near Bishan & Yangzhaidong in Jinsha Township. Really not much available in English on those
City God Birthday Festival : Jinsha Shaobei – Kinmen Island
Sometimes travel is mostly about luck, and on my recent trip to Kinmen luck was definitely on my side. As I entered Kinmen via a ferry from Xiamen and sat down with the shy guy in the welcoming Tourist Information
Zhongzheng Park & Tai Lake : Kinmen Island
Riding around Kinmen Island on a motorcycle one gloomy afternoon I followed a recommendation to visit a nearby Lake Tai Amusement/Recreation Area. Surrounded by military bases with lots of handsome and pretty soldiers running on the side of the road
Nan Shan and Bei Shan : Kinmen Islands
The old Fujian style architecture in the charming Kinmen island was a wonderful surprise. I expected a bit of history in terms of the war conflict between China and Taiwan held by the communists and the nationalists, but I wasn’t
