Hanging Coffins. Our itinerary for today included a lot of active-ness in the small town of Sagada. After a hearty breakfast of what looked like eggs with kraft cheese (mmm, salty) we headed out to our first stop, the hanging coffins. A steep hike down — gotta love those, you …
After a short overnight in Manila, we headed out early the next morning with a tour coordinator and driver we had prearranged to take us up to the northern area of Luzon (the biggest island where Manila is located) to the area known as Cordillera where rice terraces and farming …
And we’re back to Taipei. Given we had booked at the same 11pm check-in hotel that we had our first night here and it was too late to cancel (so much for planning ahead), again we had time to spare, and again Matt took pity on us and showed us …
From Taipei, today we jump on a train headed southeast along the coast to the Taroko Gorge. We thought we were doing really well as the “expert” travelers we are (I know you can’t hear the sarcasm in that statement, but it’s there) as we managed to catch the metro, transfer …
What to do with your time when you’ve unknowingly booked a hotel in the red light district and you go to check in and realize that you can’t do so until 11pm? Well that explains why that 4-star hotel was waaay cheaper than the others. But to answer the original …
Now regulars at the little breakfast spot and after our usual order, we headed back to Central area to check out Victoria Peak. As it was a Monday the line to do this popular attraction was MUCH shorter than yesterday’s adventure. The Victoria Peak area became increasingly popular in the …
