Took a Short Excursion to Taiwan, visited Taipei, Hsinchu, and Taroko Gorge NP. We enjoyed Taiwan, but visiting made us appreciate Japan even more.

Food was so different in Taiwan, majority of savory items seemed flavored with a spice I was not accustomed to. I loved sampling all the different cuisines in the popular night markets.

Lots of roaming dogs on the streets, and even dogs in some restaurants! Surprisingly I never heard a dog barking, and all that we met were well mannered. We saw many a dog riding with their owners on Scooters.

Crazy amount of scooters in Taiwan, probably scooter to car ratio was around 70/30. We saw many a family squeezed onto a scooter.

Taroko Gorge National Park was breathtaking, we crossed 6 different suspension bridges, experienced a natural hot spring, met wild monkeys, and an animal that I think was a lemur?