|
April 2010
臺灣之月 台湾之月 台湾の月 |
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Published: 04/01/10
Taipei Taipei has blossomed into a city of 2.63 million with more than 1 million scooters and 650,000 cars. It has, however, the cleanest air of any city in Greater China or Southeast Asia as well as a very low crime rate. Everywhere, you will find evergreen banyans (Ficus microcarpa) and flowering azaleas. There are many green parks within the city and unspoiled nature with many hiking and biking trails just 15 – 20 minutes from the center. Taipei is now preparing itself for “Taipei International Flora Exposition” from November 2010 – April 2011 ...
Published: 04/01/10
Time to play – time for reflectionDuring the month of April, we have three major “holidays” to celebrate: Women and Children’s Day on April 4 and Tomb Sweeping Day on Monday, April 5, a non-working holiday in Taiwan. Around the world, people are going to celebrate Easter, the greatest feast-day in the Christian calendar which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ and falls on Sunday, April 4 this year ...
Published: 04/01/10
Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport 5 minutes from touch-down to check-in. Free shuttle to city centre is daily available. 360 fully equipped rooms and suites with views across the airport runways, multi-cuisine dining restaurant, signature Chinese food, bar, spa ...
Published: 04/01/10
Changhua Changhua County is in the mid-western part of Taiwan with Bagua Mountains that forms the border between Changhua and Nantou Counties. Beautiful sceneries of hills, water and plains can be seen throughout the county. Bagua Mountain with the Great Buddha is the attraction not to be missed ...
Published: 04/01/10
Dine with children To travel with children is a joy, whether they are young or a bit older, but it takes a bit of planning ...
Published: 04/01/10
Special places for younger children Sometimes you bring the little ones to places unfamiliar to you and to them, and you need to entertain them ...
Published: 04/01/10
Shopping with small children Shopping with small children is not easy! But can be okay if you give them some playtime in between ...
Published: 04/01/10
Hsinchu Hsinchu, which lies 80 kilometers south of Taipei, has a population of 502,000 with an additional 100,000 commuters working at the Hsinchu Science Park. The park, which was founded in 1980, is one of the biggest and most modern in the world ...
Published: 04/01/10
Hualien Hualien is the biggest county in Taiwan. It is situated on the mountainous eastern coast of the island. The population is about 340,000, of which one-fourth are aborigines: Ami, Atayal, Bunun, Truku, Sakizaya and Kavalan ...
Published: 04/01/10
Taichung Taichung, meaning Central Taiwan, is the third largest city in Taiwan with a population just over one million. Taichung is located on the middle west side of the island which in 2010 going to merge the city and the county to a direct – controlled municipality. With less than 1 hour from Taipei or Kaohsiung, with Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taichung is easily accessible. The Taichung Port, provides a wide range of facilities for shipping like warehouse and logistic services to mention a few ...
Published: 04/01/10
Tainan Tainan - the former capital of Taiwan - has long played an important role in the island's history. In 1624, the Dutch established Fort Zeelandia in Anping - the oldest part of the city ...
Published: 04/01/10
Kaohsiung Kaohsiung — the second largest city in Taiwan — is situated in southern Taiwan. The population is 1.5 million with a total of 4 million in the environs. The city has made great efforts to green itself, a noble effort given that it has the highest concentration of motorcycles — 1.15 million — of any city on the island ...
Published: 04/01/10
Kaohsiung Places Dream Mall, Jhonghua 5th Rd. in the east and Chenggong Rd. in the west, is the first shopping mall in the southern part of Taiwan that hostess a cinema, theme park and restaurants ...
Published: 04/01/10
Yilan Yilan City is situated on the northeastern side of Taiwan and only 50 minutes away from Taipei by car. The fastest way to get to Yilan from Taipei is to drive Highway No. 3 connecting to No. 5, which will go trough three tunnels; the last one is almost 13km long and the longest in Asia ...
Published: 04/01/10
TaiwanTaiwan is situated off the southeastern coast of China. Xiamen in Fujian Province, Mainland China, is the closest city across the Taiwan Straits. It has a total land area of 36,000 sq km, a population of 23 million and a GDP p.c. of US$ 32,489 (2008). 99% of the population is covered by the national health insurance. All children receive nine years free and compulsory education ... |
