Australian Adventure: Week 31, February 19-25, 2023

Welcome back to the blog! This week we continued our journey home, through Taipei, before visiting with some friends and family.

On Sunday we started our day with a swim and breakfast in Bali. Then, we checked out if our beautiful hotel, the Westin Ubud, and headed for the airport. We flew from Bali to Taipei, about five hours, on a full flight.

That night, we checked into the Shangri-La in downtown Taipei. It was a beautiful, traditional hotel.

On Monday, we had the longest day ever! We woke up in Taipei for a full day of sightseeing. We started at Lungshan Temple, the most famous temple in central Taipei.

Then, we walked through the city to the botanical gardens.

We ended our self walking tour at Democracy Blvd where we were surrounded by beautiful buildings. We went to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall for changing of the guard a unique ceremony, that was beautifully done.

In the afternoon, we joined a local tour guide, June, for a traditional Taiwanese food tour. We sampled 10+ food and drink dishes across the city. Some highlights were fresh, local, fruits and a basil, egg, pancake.

In the evening we headed back to the airport for our long flight home. We flew Taipei to Toronto direct. Although we only had a short time in Taipei we would definitely like to go back. We arrived in Toronto 15 hours later, at 8pm local time.

This week we have been busy catching up with family and friends. We have been celebrating our engagement, braving the cold, and drinking one too many iced capps from Tim Hortons!

Next week, we are continuing our visit at home before heading back to Australia. I will share a quick blog next weekend, but it will be much shorter than usual.

Thanks for following along! See you next week.