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Day Trips From Taipei – Hsinchu
Hsinchu City Zoo, mothers welcome Hsinchu is the oldest city in northern Taiwan and can be reached in an hour or so via Taiwan’s TRA train system. To get to Hsinchu make your way to Taipei Main Station...
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Day Trips From Taipei – Beitou
Steps To The Free Foot Spas Of Beitou Hot Springs Taiwan is famous for its natural hot springs. One of the most accessible places to experience these if you’re in Taipei is in Beitou. It’s just a short...
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Day Trips From Taipei, Taiwan
Maokong Gondola, Country and Taipei There are many day trips you can make from Taipei in Taiwan. Click through the pictures to see where you can go and read more. Keelung City and Harbour, Taiwan...
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How To Get From Taipei to Taichung Easily
Tanya and Andrew Leaving Taipei For The Rest Of Taiwan It was time to see the rest of Taiwan. We had spent six weeks in Taipei and we loved it. Taipei has so much to offer everyone that we were quite...
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The Night Market In Taichung, Taiwan
Andrew Gazing At The Taichung Night Market Although Taichung isn’t a major tourist destination it does have quite a bit to offer. However if you make the same mistake as us and visit the city on a...
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Gift Ideas For World Nomads
Christmas is coming and you know what that means?! Eggnog, good cheer and story time in front of the fireplace! Just kidding, it means shopping. Shopping and the giving and receiving of gifts. While...
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How To Get From Taichung To Sun Moon Lake Easily
Tunnel Into The Mountains From Taichung To Sun Moon Lake This guide to get to Sun Moon Lake is from the main Taichung Train Station as we stayed in Taichung for a few days. We previously wrote about...
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Sun Moon Lake Ropeway, Taiwan
Sun Moon Lake Ropeway – Sun Moon Lake Right in the centre of Taiwan is one of the most beautiful lakes we have seen in the world. Sun Moon Lake is certainly a tourist hot spot in Taiwan that you should...
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Taiwan Handy Hints – EasyCards
Taipei’s EasyCard Want To Get Around Taiwan Easily? Get Yourself An EasyCard Straight Away The easiest way to get anything or anywhere you want in Taiwan is by purchasing an EasyCard. An EasyCard is a...
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Sun Moon Lake Accommodation – Mei Jen House Review
Beautiful Hand Painted Artwork at Mei Jen House Sun Moon Lake is quite a touristy destination that is popular with the Taiwanese. It a little hard to find a room that would suit us for under our...
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The Sights At Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan
Sun Moon Lake Bridge When you visit Taiwan, please make sure you have at least two full days set aside for Sun Moon Lake. The area that surrounds the lake is remarkably beautiful and you can’t help but...
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How To Get From Taipei Main Station To Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport...
The easiest way to get from Taipei city to the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is by the use of a taxi. However, that’s a little pricey. If you want to travel to the airport the same way as most...
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Magic Travel Blog – Trip Update 4
Priorities are a funny business. They are often so muddled and difficult to sort out. But then, once in a while, something cuts through it all and your priorities become clear. But I’m getting ahead...
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Merry Christmas From Us At Magic Travel Blog
Tanya and Andrew with stockings Christmas 2012 Merry Christmas! Are you as overstuffed as we are? Along with catching up with all our buddies over the last few weeks, we have had to endure (heh) a...
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Happy New Year From Perth, Western Australia
Happy New Year from Perth, Western Australia! New Year is a time to look back on the past year and forward to the next. What have you achieved in the last twelve months? What do you want to achieve in...
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House-Sitting in Mt Lawley, Perth, Western Australia
Pumpkin Enjoying The Chicken Show By the time we set foot at our house-sitting gig in Mt Lawley the longest we had stayed in one place was five weeks. That was the sugar gliders at Xinbeitou in Taipei,...
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One Pan Wonder Recipe – Sweet Corn Fritters
One Pan Wonder Recipe – Sweet Corn Fritters Sweet Corn Fritters are very simple to make, have hardly any ingredients and are perfect for snacks on the road. If you can make use of a hostel kitchen...
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House-Sitting in Gelorup, Western Australia (Just 2km From Tanya’s Folk’s Place)
Our Backyard In Gelorup Just before we headed up to Perth to start our house-sitting gig in Mt Lawley I noticed a “House-Sitter Wanted” advert on one of the many house sitting websites we belong to....
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We are in Bali!
The future. Much is unclear. We have just arrived in Bali and I’ve broken a thong. That’s a “flip flop” for you americans and a “jandal” for you New Zealanders. This may not seem important but my...
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Legian, Bali For Long Term Travellers Like Us
Legian Beach Sunset We’ve been to Bali a number of times before. I (Tanya) have enjoyed the Bali tourist route six times now. Andrew, three. The difference, this time, is that we are here as potential...
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