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kenmerk Says: As you would expect for a city with dinosaurs roaming the streets, Chiayi is the centre of extraterrestrial activity in Taiwan, they have even erected a large monument to commemorate the frequent UFO visits to this lovely little corner of the country.
kenmerk Says: An enduring symbol of the eternal friendship between the Taiwanese and the French, the imposing Chiayi Eiffel tower sits at town centre quite close to that sitting guy, which we have already covered....At nearly two stories tall, this monument is the most recognizable...
kenmerk Says: A symbol of freedom and liberty for the denizons of Chiayi, the Liberty Bell is an exact duplica of its more famous cousin in the city of Brotherly Love... Well, almost exact, except it ain't cracked and it has Chinese writing all over it... But I'm sure it still sends the...
kenmerk Says: The Nearly World Famous Chiayi Dinosaur has been standing tall and stalking town for as long as I can remember.... Makes a great landmark for giving directions: Left at the Statue of Liberty, Take a right at the dinosaur, then park in front of the 7-11...
kenmerk Says: Chiayi's Lady Liberty, strides high atop a traffic circle on the entrance into town from Highway 1. It is like a shining beacon for the weary expat here on business... " Give me your tired, your poor, your hungry, your oppressed huddled masses of expat labour...." I am told...
sunnywong Says: The subject of a well-known song, Alishan is one of Taiwan's top tourist resorts and well worth a visit. There are five things at Alishan that the tourist cannot miss: the railway, the beautiful cypress forests, the "sea of clouds," the sunrise, and the sunset.Website...
Lungtou Farm (chinese: ñýÀY¥ð¶¢¹A³õ)
sunnywong Says: Lungtou Farm is in Fanlu township. There are two travel routes in it. The main landscape area is in the Lungtouping Mountain. One route is for the sights of virgin forest and Mengdzung bamboo dense forest, the other for the Tea Park and Mengdzung bamboo forest. There are...
Fengshan Scenery (chinese: Âפs·´º°Ï)
sunnywong Says: Fengshan is the only plain village in Alishan Township. The shape looks like a stone plate, so gets the name "She-Gu-Pan" (Stone Drum Plate). The famous scenic spots are waterfalls, clouds and fog, suspension bridge, strange stones and trees. The waterfalls are the dragon...
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Fountain chicken rice: Fountain chicken rice
yatingchen Says: The symbol of Chiayi is chicken rice. The most famous one is fountain chicken rice. It's just near by the fountain in Chiayi center. Easy to find the to try. Chicken rice is turkey with rice. Chicken are slices with special souce. You can eat it together with fried...
anywhere: sweet and fresh oyster
THLIN Says: I would NOT call it a restaurant if you want to try something really nice in Dongshi Town, a very typical Taiwanese little township. Just go and find a food stand and then enjoy your oyter feast. BTW, if you want to try something fun (not on the menu), just ask them for...
Pushcarts: Street Stalls Sell Snails
eric_ives Says: If you want to have some street vendor or pushcart food your best bet is to attend a night market in Chiayi. Friday nights head over to the stadium areas on the southwest edge of town, off of Chwei-Yang Road, and you should have a wide choice of vendors. Wen-Hwah (Culture)...
kenmerk Says: If you have had your fill of rice and noodles, there are two western style restaurants in Chiayi. Calgary's is probably the best, which a selection of the usual American/Italian/Mexican type food..This is also something of a hangout for the English Teacher/Expat crowd...
Please just rent a motorcycle and you can enjoy moving around with no care. This tips can be replied to all places in Taiwan except metropolitan area like Taipei city, and Kaohsiung city. So next time if you ever have a chance to visit these places, rent a scooter and enjoy your stay. :)
Written Jul 27, 2007
Are there any customs or cultural traits that set Chiayi's happy residents apart from the rest of the Taiwanese? If you read accounts of early Western visitors to Chiayi (missionaries a century ago, not the Dutch during the colonial era) you'll hear about the curious custom of stone-throwing games. Evidently the young men of Chiayi used to throw stones at each other for fun and amusement, sometimes killing each other (if accounts can be believed). This custom no longer endures, but ask any elders if they heard stories about the stone-throwing when they were children.
Chiayi was a hotbed of opposition to the KMT, so the central government didn't do much to fund economic development in Chiayi until the 1980s. As a result, there was a high concentration of traditional buildings and Japanese colonial wooden architecture in Chiayi. This is changing as economic development spells the doom of many old buildings.
One old custom probably persists. This is the rite of passage in which young men race their motorcycles through the Wen Hua night market, missing pedestrians by inches as their motorcyles, badly in need of new mufflers, scream through the crowds. This diversion is related to the custom of lighting bottle rockets and firing them from one's motorcycle or scooter while racing down the streets during the Autumn Moon Festival.
Written May 6, 2003
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Beware !!! Gangs of bandit beekeepers roam the streets of Chiayi, sticking parking citations on the window of otherwise defenseless motorists...
Written Feb 26, 2003
Cute Ching Dynasty Turtle Lurks in Chiayi Park
eric_ives Says: If you make it out to Chiayi Park be sure to check out the old turtle. Just go east from the train station on Chung-Shan Road until you reach the slope up. It's about a 30 minute walk. The park is on your left and the baseball stadium is on the right. The Turtle is near the...
Bears near Ali Mountain in Chia-i County
eric_ives Says: In the past decade there have been a few bear sightings in eastern Chiayi County. As you go up the mountain highway toward the AliShan resort area consider stopping in towns such as Stone Table to look around and ask about bears and other wildlife. The people hanging out in...
kenmerk Says: On a clear day you can see forever in Chiayi...(If you have ever visited here you would find this statement amusing...)Chiayi is actually one of the more smog choked places on the planet. I lived here for about 2 years, very close to these mountains shown in this picture,...
Emulating a Winning Strategy...
kenmerk Says: Some local marketing genius, trying to emulate the success of the 7-11 Empire came up with his own brain child: The 5-9 store. Note the similar coloring patterns and the close proximity to their chief rival... I'm sure somewhere, somehow others are dreaming of a 8-12 or 6-9...
kenmerk Says: Heed caution on homework day... Large packs of diligent and determined young Taiwanese English students roam the streets of Chiayi looking for unsuspecting foreigners to help them with their English Homework assignments...
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Mind you, Chiayi is not your typical tourist stop. Although this is a gateway up into some of the mountain resorts, I will try to concentrate more on the downtown type stuff like dinosaurs, liberty......
Chia-Yi County (chinese: ¹Å¸q¿¤¥«)
Chia-yi County has been known for its beautiful landscape. There are three groups of mountains in this area: Main Yu Mountains-the main peak Yu Mountain at the elevation of 3997 meters, the highest...
I arrived in Chiayi early in July of 1990. I worked as an English Teacher there at the Oxford Language school, then located at the traffic circle at Chun-Shan Road and Wen-Hwah Road, above the New...
I have known this place for a long time just like the rest of people in this island do; however, I have only been here once or twice in the past. Thanks to my camp mate Chen, I finally had a chance to...
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