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…
