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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Tainan - Temples and Markets


From Kenting I made my way by bus to my next destination called Tainan. I had heard that it was a old capital and assumed it would have a number of historical items.

Sadly this is going to be a short blog post. I was only in Tainan for 3 days and there was not much to see, a few temples and night markets. None of which really impressed me much, the night markets were fun the first few nights but got very repetitive.

I asked a few of the other backpackers and all said the same thing, not a whole lot to see in Tainan could have cut it down to 1 or 2 days easy.

I used my time in Tainan more to organize my next leg of travel to Vietnam and read up on where I should go to make the most out of my time…

Never the less I did see some nice things in Tainan and meet some nice people.

I rented a bike one of the days and rode around for a few hours visiting the sights, I visited a number of Confucius temples. They featured a lot of colorful and detailed carvings.

I also visited the largest night market area in Taiwan. They had all manner of shops from face masks to handbags, belts, helmets and food of all types and tastes.

I tried my luck at a shooting stand with what looked like real guns but they shot little pellets, and you had to hit the balloons. I managed to hit every one and earned myself a small purple keychain teddy.
Also tried some full deep-fried squid, and an omelet with oyster and prawns in it. Yummy!

Apart from that it was a relaxing stay in Tainan, I went out at night and danced and slept and researched during the day…  

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