Hsinchu City

Hsinchu City is the closest big city to to where we live. Jhunan is small with not a lot to do. We've been to Hsinchu twice during our time in Taiwan, and it's been crazy!

All these scooters are parked at the train station. Crazy!

To get there you have to take the train, it's about a 15-minute ride. The train station is about a 20-minute walk from our apartment.

The arrival/departure boards were all in Chinese, but lucky for us they would occasionally flash in English. We bought our tickets, which were around $30 NT ($1 USD) and headed to the platform.

The platforms weren't that interesting. If you've seen one train station, you've pretty much seen them all.

The trains are packed here! I'm fairly certain they have no maximum occupancy regulations. There were so many people on the train. It was madness!

We arrived and there were so many cars and people everywhere. It's a little bit overwhelming, really. Drivers here rarely pay attention to the laws and it's a wee bit dangerous to be a pedestrian in Taiwan. While walking across the street (I had the right of way), I was almost hit 3 different times in the space of 15 seconds. People don't like to wait.

We walked around a bit and lunched at a KFC that was amazing. Seriously. The best McDonald's and KFC we've ever had and it was in Taiwan. Delicious...ly bad for you.

Sogo's is a GIANT department store across the street from the Hsinchu train station. It has like 12 or 13 floors of merchandise. Crazy!