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Take the High Road in Taiwan by Liz Johnston
Taiwan’s Central East West Cross Island..."
The Best Travel Writing About Taiwan
In addition to our collection of fabulous hotels - and their equally fabulous reviews - Travel Intelligence is built upon some of the finest travel writing on the web. So, to find a range of travel writing about Taiwan and general Taiwan travel tips, you just need to browse the selection of travel articles below...
Articles about Taiwan
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101 Things to Do Before You Die: Cities and Towns
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The TI Review Team
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Taiwan
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Southern Taiwan
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Taiwan
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Bradley Winterton
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Taiwan
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Chiayi
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Alishan
"Taiwan boasts the highest mountains in East Asia. When the Japanese took control of the island in 1895, aiming to mirror the great European powers by acquiring a colony or two, they were shocked to discover that Yu Shan, at 3,952 metres, out-topped..."
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Take the high road in Taiwan
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Liz Johnston
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Taipei City
"Taiwan’s Central East West Cross Island Highway through Taroko Gorge - looking down on the indescribably blue water of the Liwu River that crashes and falls, meanders and pools through marble cliffs - is one of the world’s most spectacular roads...."
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Hiking in Taiwan
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Mountains
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Yushan
"Taiwan is a magic word. Just say the word “Taiwan” and images pour forth like genies from a bottle. But the images are not the stuff of tourism bureau dreams and vacation magic. Instead people think of traffic jams and crowded streets and churning..."
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Taiwan Tea
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Nantou
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Puli
"The earthquake that hit central Taiwan on September 21, 1999, destroyed buildings in distant Taipei, but it reserved most of its destruction for hilly Nantou county. Even now, cracked and abandoned buildings are common in Nantou, and so are tilted..."
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Pigeon Racing In Taiwan
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Taipei City
"When the Japanese introduced pigeon racing to Taiwan early last century, they probably had no idea what an impression it would make. This curious combination of sport, gambling, and animal husbandry was an instant hit - it seized the hearts and..."
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Ultralights in Southern Taiwan
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Southern Taiwan
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Kaohsiung
"The green hills of southern Taiwan’s banana belt are peaceful, even serene, an unlikely hotbed of craziness. Yet there sits the Sai-Ga airbase, home of the ROC Ultralight Association, a collection of pilots who spend their weekends flying planes..."
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Taroko Gorge Scooter Trip
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Hualien County
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Hualien City
"We are in a scooter shop in Hualien, photographer David Hartung and myself, performing a familiar Taiwan ritual. A shopkeeper in platform shoes and tiny white shorts taps a number into a calculator. We look, groan in mock dismay, and tap in a..."
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Chinese Banquet
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Taipei City
"Three days before the feast, at the famous Grand Hotel in Taipei, a batch of rare and expensive shark’s fin is rinsing in a stream of ice water. A heap of abalone, equally expensive, is rinsing too, and dozens of fresh garoupa have just arrived from..."
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Kaohsiung
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Southern Taiwan
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Kaohsiung
"In the famous H.G. Wells novel “The Time Machine,” set far in the future, human beings have evolved into two species. The Morlocks live under ground, in a grimy industrial hell, and do all the work. The Eloi live above ground, in cultured luxury,..."
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