August 4, 2005
Hong Kong & Taipei culinary travel
Hong Kong and Taipei are both known for their food so when I was planning a vacation with a colleague who suggested the theme for our trip be authentic Chinese food and culture we chose theses two cities (nothing on mainland China because we didn't know if we had enough time to get visas).
In addition to food, we're going to try to see some Chinese opera, as well as some art in museums like the National Palce Museum in Taipei. We're working on a fairly detailed schedule tthat I should be able to post in a few days.
Posted by James Trotta at August 4, 2005 8:26 AM
I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN TRAVELLING,AND AS I SEE THIS YOUR TRAVELLING PROCESS I SO MUCH ADMIRE IT FOR MY TRAVEL PROCESS TO NEW YORK CITY.
If you get some time you should try to stop at the night martkets in Taipei. Alot of people there are very into snakes. If you get a chance to go then you will see what i mean.
Posted by: steve at August 4, 2005 10:11 PMIf you get a chance try and go to Stanley market, great place to people a watch and great for shopping. Just an FYI you can get a visa for China in 24hrs talk to the people at the hotel. Enjoy your trip and I can't wait to hear more. I miss Hong Kong...
Posted by: emmabell96 at August 5, 2005 1:44 AMI am really looking forwad to your travel food reports. Keep it on!
Posted by: Dan at August 5, 2005 9:39 AMYou can get a chinese visa at the Holiday inn-Golden Mile in Hong Kong. It takes about 24 hours. I having been doing it for 3 years. You can then travel been train into Shezhen. Very easy.
Posted by: Bullet20xd at August 5, 2005 10:58 PMI lived in Taipei for 3 months in 96, and was in and out 10 times, the food there is excellent, and especially on the strret from the cart vendors
and YES the night market is something to see
HK, I do not care for
Colombia for me is still the best country in the world, the people
Chinese people, well....another story
I feel foolish. I just realized this is not a real blog at all, but an ad site for travel ideas. The same posting author has done everyone of the entrys, just scroll down.
Posted by: Dan at August 9, 2005 12:36 AMThanks for the comments everyone. It's too late in the planning stage to visit China this time, but I'll go some day...
Dan, I'm not sure what you mean by an ad site for travel ideas. I'm not "advertising" my ideas, am I? And yes, I ahve posted every entry. Most but not all were also written by me. How does that make this "not a real blog"?
Posted by: James Trotta at August 10, 2005 12:45 AM