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What a wonderful day we had in Kaohsiung! We arrived around 10:30 am and took the ship's shuttle into the city. The shuttle dropped everyone off at the MRT station - we did our usual walk instead. Our first destination was the city's Central Park - once known for its industry and considered a dirty city - now Kaohsiung is known for its parks and outdoor art and food areas.
After only a few double backs we reached the park without any problem. Lots of fun and interesting art along with beautifully sculpted trees. After a walk through the park we stopped and had coffee and a snack at a local cafe - they had Vietnamese coffee so we absolutely indulged in that too! Our next destination was an open air market along the canal - our path took us back through the park and while there we got a bit of a disturbing notice on our phones - Presidential Earthquake alert - take cover. Well we really didn't know what that meant so we carried on walking, hoping for the best. We didn't feel a thing so dismissed the notice - however, a number of other passengers did experience the earth move on their tours!
The canal area is beautiful with lots of flowering trees, the walkway beside the canal has vendors on both sides, selling all kinds of foods, drinks and handmade goods a bit further along.
Today it's over 30 degrees with about 110% humidity, even Adrian was sweating, so we went in search of a cold beer. We found a diner with big cold Taiwanese beer so all good. After a couple of these we headed back to the ship - all in all our walk was about 5 hours - we treated ourselves to 2 for one cocktails in the ship's Martini bar before heading back to our cabin.
After only a few double backs we reached the park without any problem. Lots of fun and interesting art along with beautifully sculpted trees. After a walk through the park we stopped and had coffee and a snack at a local cafe - they had Vietnamese coffee so we absolutely indulged in that too! Our next destination was an open air market along the canal - our path took us back through the park and while there we got a bit of a disturbing notice on our phones - Presidential Earthquake alert - take cover. Well we really didn't know what that meant so we carried on walking, hoping for the best. We didn't feel a thing so dismissed the notice - however, a number of other passengers did experience the earth move on their tours!
The canal area is beautiful with lots of flowering trees, the walkway beside the canal has vendors on both sides, selling all kinds of foods, drinks and handmade goods a bit further along.
Today it's over 30 degrees with about 110% humidity, even Adrian was sweating, so we went in search of a cold beer. We found a diner with big cold Taiwanese beer so all good. After a couple of these we headed back to the ship - all in all our walk was about 5 hours - we treated ourselves to 2 for one cocktails in the ship's Martini bar before heading back to our cabin.
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Amazing experience from start to finish. The Kinsley team was professional and really understood our vision. The final result is stunning!
