So what is there to know about Taiwan and Keelung? Taiwan has about the same population of Australia – roughly
25 million. About 2.5 million of these live in Taipei and 370,000 in Keelung - the latter is a major port city and is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its
frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Keelung Taiwan's second largest seaport
(after Kaohsiung). But luckily the rain stayed away for us.
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| Hotel room view A |
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| Hotel room view B |
We had a leisurely start to the day by going out for a walk in the hope of finding a money changer and a place for breakfast. However, we quickly learned this is definitely not a tourist town and the only currency exchange in this city is the banks, and they do not open until 9:00am. And there were very few breakfast places in our immediate vicinity.
The good news is that the Coral Adventurer is in port readying itself for our embarkation tomorrow afternoon.
We then filled our day with temples, markets, shopping and a failed attempt to visit a maritime museum. It is on the list for tomorrow morning, along with another temple.
The only decision left to make today is where to have dinner. Our question partly answered itself by the fact that just as we walked into the hotel three huge bus loads of Chinese tourists were checking in! The queue at the lift was huge with a bit of pushing and shoving, but luckily the bloke in charge asked some to stand aside. However, having dinner at the hotel is ruled out - as is breakfast tomorrow - as both will probably be a sh!tfight!
So as the sun sets on Keelung, I'm betting Lorraine goes back to this trendy shoe shop to bring something home with her. We'll see.
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| Looks like the rest of the world has just exploded |
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| I'm running a book on which pair follows her home |
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