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Taiwan Family Vacation Diary

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  Day 1 The Singapore airport lounge Our journey to the hotel forte in Hsinchu began with a cab, and ended with one too.    The only difference, was the car model, the country we were in, and the seat on which the driver was seated . (Singapore has a right hand drive, whereas Taiwan has a left hand one.)   The flight.... The hunger games movie helped entertain me during most of the flight. Turbulence caused by foul weather, did nothing to soothe my uneasy stomach, however. Now, I shall head straight to the highlight, and skip the details. Anyway, my highlight basically is the entire night we spent exploring Hsinchu. Let me tell you about it.... Exploration From my observation, when thing I find different from Singapore, is that the laws are not so strict. Drivers, and motorcyclists are reckless and do  not follow the traffic rules, if there are any. As motorcyclists pepper the roads of Taiwan, they tend to weav...