Long ago, I spent some time living in Tainan, and have not been back to visit for over 10 years. End of last year, I finally made it back, and it was an emotional nostalgia trip for me. I honestly
National Cheng Kung University campus : Tainan
A decade ago I spent some time at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and living in Tainan, and have not visited back since. Until this year. I went back to revisit the city and the campus. It brought back lots
The English Teaching Tainan Garbage Trucks : Are You Hungry?
Tainan garbage trucks are now back into teaching English to the local Taiwanese. After suspending the program last year, someone in Tainan City decided that Tainan can’t do without those valuable English lessons. I was shocked as to the English
East Tainan Sunset Skies
The weather this weekend was absolutely gorgeous with such clear air that you can see all the way through to the central mountains on the east and the ocean to the south-west. I went up to one of the roofs
Taiwan Google Maps now includes Pinyin English street names
A question for you – what’s different with this Google map of Tainan? (captured from the Tainan Directory on a Google map on INCKU frontpage) Yep, it’s hard to believe but along side the Chinese street names are now Pinyin
“Made in Tainan” Live Music Festival at Anping
“Made in Tainan” took place last Saturday at the Anping harbor area in western Tainan. Tainan Bulletin had the following : 14:00~14:50 Sun Of Morning 15:00~15:50 Bugs Of Phonon 16:00~16:50 The Sawbucks 17:00~17:50 Divebomb 18:00~18:50 Mr.Dirty 19:00~19:50 130 Dollars 20:00~20:50
Taiwan’s Super Buses – Night bus from Tainan to Taoyuan Airport
Instead of taking the train/HSR up to the airport, I took the regular night bus. It reminded me of my first arrival in Taiwan a few years back. Never in my life, anywhere else, have I seen anything like it.
Tainan’s Anping on a rainy day : Fifty Cent Deck, Eternal Golden Castle, Old Merchant’s House, Tree House
A friend came by from northern Taiwan to visit my little Tainan pond on the worst possible weather. For a while forecast was predicting a comfortable hot sunny day, but then it suddenly turned and rain started pouring like I’ve
Touring Tainan made easy : The Tainan tourist guiding boards
Till recently those signs were rare being just in the tourist spots in Tainan like next to the Chikan Towers, but it seems that in the past few weeks Tainan city tourism bureau has been putting them all over town,
Autumn-Spring in Tainan – not what you’d normally expect
Tropical weather usually doesn’t really allow for an authentic autumn-spring look, but, riding around Tainan city the past month I came across a few beautiful autumn-spring spots. Next the Tainan City Council: And in Dong-Fong road, next to the
