Taichung Part 1 - Saturday day

Last weekend I took a trip to Taichung. Taichung is a city in central Taiwan (it's name literally means Taiwan Central, in Chinese). With a population of a little over 1 million, Taichung is the third biggest city in Taiwan. It also has the best weather on the island. Just as hot as anywhere, but not nearly as humid, it was a welcome respite from the stifling humidity of Taipei. We left Taipei on a bus and arrived in Taichung at around 3:00 PM. First priority was to find a hotel. Luckily, the area around the train station has plenty of hotels, and cheap ones too. We ended up at the "Formosa Hotel" in the same buildings as the David's English branch in Taichung.

After settling in, we went to get some food. Our goal was to walk towards a big park at the end of a stream running through the city. Unfortunately, the map was much easier to follow than the actual city roads. Next thing we know, we're at the opposite end of the park, and we hadn't even eaten! We decided to head through the park, creatively named Taichung Park. It was an interesting park, as you can see in the pictures. Peaceful, green, and quiet; all things you don't usually see in Taiwanese cities. My favorite part was this tower we found. Pretty interesting.









After exiting the park, under the watchful eye of the giant goat, we were almost immediately in the middle of a big market, excellent news because at this point, I was famished. We first got some sandwich things that were amazingly delicious. The market was packed and it was slow going but I managed to get some of my favorite quail eggs on a stick, as well as a wrap type thing that was delicious, although Tyler did not like his at all. The market was fun, and when we were finished we headed back to the hotel to relax for a few hours and then to hit the town.



The Saturday evening review will be coming shortly. If you want to see all of my pictures, just click here.