Two Backpacks One Couple
Follow us on our world tour
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Tuesday, May 6th – Tuesday, May 12th, 2025 World Tour Days 185 -191 Our travel day to Hong Kong from Taiwan went smoothly, but was long. A 2 hour drive to the airport was followed by a long wait with delicious food. The flight was direct and the public transport from the airport to our friends’ apartment was easy. We stayed with friends of my parents from our hometown. I had not seen them since I was a teenager so it was a fun reunion. It was also so wonderful having a home base with home cooked food, great company,…
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Saturday, May 3rd – Monday, May 5th, 2025 World Tour Days 182 – 184 Hot Spring After our lunch in Sun Moon Lake our taxi took us about 3 hours to get to our hot spring resort. On the drive we passed many mountains with thick forest and trees in full bloom with white flowers. As a nice treat we stayed at the Volando Urai Spring Spa & Resort. The hotel was on the river, which had a strong turquoise color. There was also a small hill on the opposite side covered in lush dark green forest, and to the…
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Friday, May 2nd – Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 World Tour Days 181 – 182 After one more chaotic breakfast at our hotel in Alishan our taxi picked us up for the 2.5 hour drive to Sun Moon Lake. We had booked at a hostel, but they must of been fully booked because they took us to a lakeside resort under the same name instead. It was a wonderful surprise upgrade. There was lots of greenery, and the room was cozy. After dropping our bags we started our exploring. First we made the short walk to Shuishe Pier. At first, we…
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Wednesday, April 30th – Thursday, May 1st, 2025 World Tour Day 179 – 180 Our morning started with a final meal from our Shizhuo tea farm bed and breakfast. We enjoyed some tea from their farm and the same food items as the night before. They also had a machine that would fry you some eggs that looked like an old school scanning machine. We had never seen one before and thought it was very cool. After a relaxed morning we hopped in our taxi for a short 45 minute drive that took us to our next hotel in the…