Palais de Chine, Taipei, Taiwan

by gavin, posted in Hotels, Travel

I’d made a last minute decision to change hotels after working out it’d be difficult to get around where I was originally staying.

As I was looking for my new hotel, Palais de Chine popped up. You can’t fault the location. Just across the road from Taipei Main Station, and a 7 minute walk to the airport railway station. It’s in the same building as the Q Square shopping centre. The hotel occupies the higher floors.

As a bonus, while I was searching, there was a special deal for the hotel that gave me free breakfasts!

Palais de Chine Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

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Izakaya Kokomi, Taipei, Taiwan

by gavin, posted in Restaurants, Travel

It was time for my last meal in Taipei before flying back to Seoul and then to Melbourne.

I pulled out my trusty map and had a look around the local area and I found a quite well regarded Japanese izakaya maybe 500 metres away, so, without a reservation I decided to chance it and see if I could have a quick meal.

Izakaya Kokomi, Taipei, Taiwan

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Nanxiao Xuan Cafe, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan

by gavin, posted in Coffee, Travel

I decided to venture out of Taipei and head to an area called Tamsui, specifically I wanted to see what Tamsui Old Street was like.

It takes about 50 minutes on the train from Taipei Main Station on the Tamsui-Xinyi line.

I arrived and had a quick walk around the waterfront and then headed to Tamsui Old Street which is an old fashioned market street that was busy with locals doing their shopping.

As I was walking back to the station area I saw a small little cafe and decided to go in rather than to the nearby Starbucks (yuck!).

Nanxiao Xuan Cafe, Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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