Its been a while posting my complete journey of Taiwan with a scooter with my German friend. He wanted me to finish the blog since there were good memories with him. I think traveling with someone brings a lot of one another's personality out and its a great way to create a bond with them. My German friend (aka. Mario) was someone who I met in my Spoken Chinese class and one day we were both thinking about how cool it can be to travel a round-a-bout Taiwan with just a scooter. I knew as a fact this kind of opportunities dont come often in life so I told him to stay at my place and lets get ready to trip Taiwan with a Scooter.
This is where we were heading to... City of Kaohsiung in Taiwan!
Long story short this will be #3 of my Journal in the Scooter trip. I just looked at my past post and wow its already been a year!! Last post was on Dec 5, 2021. Time really goes by so quick. Alright lets go from where we last left off.
We start with of course a good hearty breakfast. Taiwan has I would say one of the most tastiest breakfast meals in the world. Once you get used to Taiwan food it really is hard to go back to just milk and cereal with toast. So we stopped by a recommendation from our hostel owner.
This is a very typical small eats store where they sell breakfast and bento lunch boxes.
As you see here, this is what Taiwan breakfast was for us. Its not the usual rice ball and soymilk kind of deal. I asked what is popular here and this is what they offered. Tasted real good and was ready to head out.
Our next stop was to Kaohsiung city. This city is the second largest city in Taiwan after Taipei so going there and checking stuff out was a big deal to us and we wanted to really check it out. As you can see it takes 2.5 hours with a motorcycle but in reality it took a lot more than that due to the fact that we were stopping everywhere for a break.
We stopped by a lot of temples and I realized in Taiwan there is really a lot of Buddhist temples all around the area. Never the less each temple has its own unique look and specialty aesthetics and I really appreciate the fact they are trying to preserve the tradition.
The temples appearance of its entrance was pretty grand on this one.
This statue looked like it was carved from one single stone. I was trying to find any parting lines to see if it was assembled however I couldn't find any. If it really is made from one single rock then wow... that is some real skills.
We often try to find unfamiliar roads to just have some fun around while we can find some.
Here we go~ we finally arrived at our destination! For this night we booked a hotel and we each got our own rooms. Mario mentioned to me that I snore a lot so tonight we wanted some peace. Lolz!
Arrived at the hotel~ That was a long ride after all and Mario mentioned he was feeling a little bit sick so he needed some rest for several hours. No problemo~
My little private bedroom. Small but for sure cozy. :)
When the night came we ventured to the center of the city and headed to what they called the Love River. For sure this place was a great place for dating I guess.
Wow.. this city sure knew how to utilize LED technology. lolz. Everything was lighted up with LED and with all the colors of the rainbow!
This was pretty cool and it seemed like it used to be a part of a rail road track they preserved it as a walkway. I believe it was a historical rail road track used often back in the days.
The architecture sure was very modern and I can see why this city is the second largest in Taiwan. There were also a lot of foreigners as well.
A animated giff showing basically what the area looks like. The transportation of this area was really convenient with very clean subways.
The railroad tracks with the night light really made the environment somewhat look ultra futuristic.
After checking the place out we were totally about to knock out and headed back to the hotel to get some sleep and prepare for the next destination. We are not even half way done yet and boy were we tired that day. I am thinking our body needs to get used to this kind of long riding with the wind and it did take a lot of us to keep moving forward. However still.. it was fun. :)
Thanks for checking out my blog post for the scooter trip and stay tuned for the next episode!!
Set the Tone!!!~~ :)
Looks like a nice trip what is the average speed of those scooters ? I remember touring a lot on my moped / brommer / scooter but had a speed limit of 45 km/h .
that building with the pentagon shapes looks very nice .
that " Tom's World " logo reminds me of the toys are us logo 🤣 , i see they still use mouth caps there still for covid or other reason ?
but soup for breakfast i'll pass , green curry fine but not soup .
You sure have a keen eye in looking at photos. Amazing eye for detail~ hehehe.
The scooters are 125cc so they properly max out around 60km. But since our bikes were old I remember it started smoking after 50km. hehehehe
Covid is relieved a bit but people still wear masks here. I guess so many people are just used to it now. I heard some people actually like it cause it covers their face. hahahaha.
I guess you are not a morning soup person~ I sure would like to have some Holland breakfast one day. Never tried it~ yet.
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Very beautiful, as well as the spotlight. The night captures looks really clear too.
For sure it was amazing at night~ during the day it looked the same as any other city. Its pretty cool what lights can do for the city at night... It makes the mood uplifting and beautiful.
That's true. Cities are more fascinating at night especially with decorative lights.
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This breakfast is very different from the breakfasts in Turkey. If I am not mistaken, there is a lot of meat here and we don't eat that much meat.
You had a great trip my friend. I love the modern architecture of the Far East, like you said everything looks futuristic and I like that a lot haha. Just like in the movies!
Yup~ some places are just like the movies. In both futuristic and also OLD looking if you want to see those as well. That gives me an idea!!~ maybe I should find a place where it looks too old to be true. hehehehehehe.
That breakfast that day was a bit special. Normally most people wont eat too hearty like that. But I think they served us like so because we were traveling foreigners. so need to stuff them boys to habe energy to travel. :)
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At last! Took you long enough to post your trip again, I thought it was never coming!
Did you know there's always those debate on the second biggest city ? Taichung and Kaoshing both make the claim 😄
I know!! It came to my mind suddenly... "Oh shnap my Taiwan scooter journey!!!!" Cant forget giving love to the Taiwan community!!~ I aint Taiwanese but sure can act and look like one!!! Travel like a local!!! well... kinda.
I had no idea there is a rivalry of the two cities wanting the throne of the 2nd. In Taiwan when I see the news.... everything is a big deal. So yea~ I can see that. But I didn't know. Thanks for those facts~ now we all know. :)
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Great photos. That's amazing that you managed to get some temple shots without crowds of people. The city looks ultra modern and really clean! How is the weather?
In Taiwan it seems like if its not a crazy famous Temple then most likely it will be like what you just saw~ like a library quite. I am pretty sure if I decide to live there no one will notice. LOLZ!!!
Taiwan is pretty neat to travel some distances to get to see stuff~ there are ton of stuff to do for families. I will post some of those soon~ family friendly local tourist attractions.
Weather is just like Hawaii~ Winters are short, Summers are long.
Looks really cool so far. Thanks for sharing!
There is more to come!~~ I need to get to work on it!!!~~ :)
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Loving the photos and videos man, really cool scooter footage.
Those photos were really cool.
I must admit that when I heard Scooter, this guy sprung to mind! 🤣
Scooooooooooooootaaaaaa......
Hey @ablaze~ thanks man. I will try to add more videos into my blog posts it really brings the life into the post. :)
The night city scene with LED's are for sure something right? I wonder how long it will take till the residents get annoyed by them. Its like a casino rave light show.
Scooooooootttttaaaaaa~~~ lolz