Taichung

Taichung County is a county located in central Taiwan, surrounding Taichung City. It is a largely rural area with a rich history and culture. Visitors to Taichung County can explore the picturesque Sun Moon Lake, which is located in the mountains and is a popular destination for boating and hiking. The county is also home to several hot springs, such as the Dongpu Hot Spring and the Guguan Hot Spring, which offer a relaxing escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. Foodies will enjoy the local specialties of the area, such as the famous Taiwanese sausage and the mouth-watering pineapple cakes. The county is also known for its traditional handicrafts, such as pottery and weaving, which can be found in local markets and shops. Overall, Taichung County is a charming and authentic Taiwanese destination that offers a taste of the country's natural beauty and cultural heritage.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t like living in Taichung at all. I found it boring, with a very lame nightlife. It was conservative,  and the people were kinda assholes. I did live in Beitun district which was close to my work, but super boring. I was surrounded by couples with young kids and being single, it just wasn't a good location in Taichung. I had a car, so parking was difficult as well. Taichung boasts a mountain range to the south and ocean to the west. It has a beautiful center with nice parks, interesting buildings and sculptures with a modern feel. 

老實說，我完全不喜歡住在台中。對我來說，他很無聊，夜生活娛樂很爛，很保守，居民滿混蛋的。我住在北屯，靠近我的工作地，但真的超級無聊。我身邊的人都是有小孩的夫妻。對單身的人而言，這裡不是一個好地方。我有一台車，停車位超難找。台中以東至山區，西至海濱的範圍而自豪。市中心有著美麗的公園，有趣的建築及雕塑，給人現代化的感覺。

Taichung is located in the west central part of Taiwan. It is the second largest city in Taiwan. The weather is great! Winters are perfect though summers can be pretty intense, but not too bad. 

台中位於西台灣的中間。他是台灣的第二大城市。天氣相當好。冬天相當冷，夏天也很熱。但不至於太差。

Rainbow Village ❤️🏠

It’s a village of small buildings with paintings all over them. Uhh…It’s cool, but not mind blowing. I went there early when I moved here. This was when I had some free time and didn’t know what to do. I would Google “things to do in…” and this came up. 

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彩虹眷村: 是一個有小小的彩繪房子的村莊。嗯...滿酷的，但並不是令人驚奇的那種。我一搬來台中就到這裡來了，那時候的我還有些空閒時間，不曉得要幹嘛。我就搜尋了” 在...可以做什麼" ，彩虹眷村就這樣跳出來。

National Taichung Theater ❤️

The architecture of this building is really cool. The opera house also resides here. I liked taking photos here.   

國立台中歌劇院: 建築相當有特色，同時也是歌劇院的所在。我喜歡在這裡拍照。

Taiwan Museum of Art ❤️🏠

It's an art museum. I don’t hate museums, but many museums change over time and have different exhibits.  

台灣國立美術館: 美術博物館，我並不討厭博物館，但很多博物館隨著時間變化，並有不同的展覽

National Museum of Natural Science ❤️🏠

It's a science museum.​ 

台中科學博物館:跟自然科學有關的博物館。

National Botanical Garden ❤️

I enjoyed this place. It's located near the science museum and while exploring the concrete jungle, the garden gives you a break as you are completely immersed in nature and can zone out, hide, and relax.  

台中植物園: 我滿喜歡這個地方的。他就在科學博物館的旁邊。當你在叢林中探索時，你會從沉浸在大自然中獲得喘息的機會。可以發呆，躲藏，放鬆。

Taichung Park ❤️🏠

It’s a cool little park with a huge goat statue, nice place to take pictures, especially some long exposures at night. The location is also good. Lots of places to explore around it for shopping. My go to photography shop was close to this park. ​ 

台中公園:這是一個小且酷的公園，有很大的山羊雕像，也是拍照的好地方，特別是拍夜晚的長曝。地點也相當好，有很多地方可供探索，附近是很大的商圈。我常去的相機店也在附近。

Gaomei Wetlands ❤️🏠📸🚗⭐

I really, really like the wetlands, though it can be extremely crowded on the weekends. I captured some beautiful sunsets here. Mudskippers dash about the muddy landscape, crabs can be seen in the hundreds. You can also walk down the wooden path, take off your shoes and walk into the wetland itself!  I took pictures of the Neowise comet when it presented itself a couple years ago.​

高美濕地: 我真的真的很喜歡這個濕地，雖然她周末時會超級多人。我在這裡拍了一些美麗的夕陽。彈塗魚會在泥地上衝刺，超多螃蟹，你也可以走在木棧道上，然後脫掉鞋子走進濕地。我也曾在這裡拍過Neowise彗星。

Dakeng trail 1 Dakeng Trail 4 Dakeng Trail 7

Where I lived we had the Dakeng trails. Trails of varying degrees of difficulty. They are pretty cool. I didn’t hike them all.​ 

大坑步道: 我住的地方旁邊就是大坑步道。有很多條不同難度的步道。滿酷的，但我一點都不喜歡健行。

Cian Yue Building 📸⭐

I have been here twice. I never really got the whole idea of it. It's basically a run-down building complex, like a large apartment. A graffiti group called Escape Plan X took it over, apparently. The first time I went I found some people living here. I met a group of young people doing something there, but they were kind of assholes when I tried talking to them and wouldn’t feed me much information. Met a young trans woman sweeping about, I said hi to her, she completely ignored me. It's a dope ass spot! It looks like a run-down crack house but it's not. It's littered with art, photographs, graffiti, murals, and run-down equipment. It would be an awesome crack house, party spot, and hang out. I went a 2nd time with a local, and when we left, we were told that we shouldn’t even be in there. The 2nd time it was empty. We saw no one. There was also a 100NT price to enter but no one was collecting. A bit confusing, but worth it to check out.​ 

千越大樓:我來這裡兩次。但我並沒有完全搞懂這裡。他基本上是個廢棄的商業大樓，像大型公寓一樣。有一個街頭塗鴉團體-Escape Plan X 接管這裡。第一次到的時候發現有些人住在這裡。我遇到了一群年輕人，似乎在那裏做一些事，但他們也有點糟糕，因為我試著問一些東西，但並沒有得到太多資訊。我還遇到一個變性的女人，我跟她說嗨，她完全忽略我，真是個充滿混蛋的地方。這地方看起來像廢墟，但實際上不是。有一些藝術作品，相片，塗鴉，壁畫散布各處，也有些廢棄的設備。它會是個很好的吸毒場所，開派對，或是休息的地方。第二次我去的時候，有一個台灣人跟我一起。當我們離開時被告知這裡是禁止進入的。這一次大樓裡很空。沒有看到人。甚至需要一百元入場費，但沒人在這裡收錢。我覺得很疑惑，但還是值得造訪。

Filipino Disco

So it goes that many Vietnamese, Philippinos, and Indonesians work Monday to Saturday and have to get up early on Monday. So, these groups took over some run-down mall to have their clubs during the day that ended around 8pm. I decided to check it out quickly when I arrived in Taiwan. First, I went to the Indonesian club, and they welcomed me, but I started asking questions and that bothered them for some reason, and they decided not to let me in. Next, I went to the Vietnamese one. I was excited because I just got done living in Vietnam for 3 years and figured the few words I knew and the fact that I was living there would get me in. Wrong! I didn’t get within 10ft of the door before 3 little Vietnamese guys were like, “NOPE! You ain’t coming in here!” I then went to the 3rd and final place. The Pinoy/ays! They spoke the best English and welcomed me in, no problem. The ambience was on hit, but the music sucked. They had a twerking competition, but yeah…I hung out for about 2 hours. It was ok. If I wasn’t alone, it might have been better. I think it's on the 6th floor of this mall. I only went once, and it was within my first month of moving here. ​

菲律賓的舞廳: 它起源於越南，菲律賓，印尼人，星期一到六工作，必須在星期一早起。所以有些團體用一個廢棄的商場開了它們的舞廳，白天營業到晚上八點。當我一來台灣，我很快地就來這個地方。我第一個去的是印尼舞廳，他們很歡迎我，但當我開始問問題或許打擾到他們，後來他們就不讓我進去了。後來我去越南的舞廳，我很興奮，因我我才剛離開住了三年的越南，我想我記得一些越南語，當我住越南時，說這些話它們都會讓我進去，但我錯了! 我甚至擠不進僅有10呎的門，三個矮小的越南男子說:你不能進來。後來我去了第三個也是最後一個舞廳。他們的英語說得最好，當然也歡迎我進去。環境相當棒，但音樂很糟，當時他們正舉辦電臀舞大賽，嗯....我在那裏待了兩小時左右。還可以。如果我不是一個人去也許會好一點。我想他是在商場的六樓。我只有去過一次，約是在我搬到這裡的第一個月

The Cave

If we could combine the ambiance of the Filipino Disco with the music from The Cave, we would have had the best club in Taiwan. The Cave catered to some underground electro among other things. Cool venue, decent music, sometimes pretty good, but the crowd sucked. It would be like me and 5 other people there. No one was dancing, except me. I came to the conclusion that most of the people who showed up were part of the DJs friends and/or the bartender's friends. There were a couple of times that there were like 30 people, but again, the vibe was always lame. Too much sitting, too much texting, and too much parking on the dance floor. ​

洞穴: 如果把菲式舞廳的環境跟洞穴的音樂混合，那就會得到全台灣最棒的舞廳。洞穴滿足了地下電子音樂的需求。很酷的場地，像樣的音樂，有時超棒，但裡面的群眾糟透了。通常除了我之外，大概會有五個人在裡面。只有我在跳舞。所以我認為，來的人不是DJ的朋友就是酒保的朋友。有幾次我會看到有大約30個人在裡面，但是，一樣，氛圍很糟。很多人都坐著，傳訊息，舞池空蕩蕩的。

Graffiti Cartoon Alley

This fun little spot had a lot of murals related to Japanese Anime. If you like that stuff, like I do, check it out. 

彩繪卡通巷: 這是一個有趣的小地方，有很多跟日本動畫相關的壁畫。如果你跟我一樣喜歡日本動畫，你一定要來。

Dali Art Plaza ❤️🏠

A cool place with some interesting artwork outside to check out.​ 

大里藝術廣場: 一個滿酷的地方，外面有很多的藝術作品。

Wufeng Lin Family Garden ❤️🏠

Taichung is hella lame. I usually stay home during weekdays, but sometimes this hermit left his cave to explore, and he was happy he did. I wasn’t mind blown here, but it was nice to drive out here and relaxing to walk around.​ 

霧峰林家花園: 台中環境太糟了。 我大部分都待在家。但有時，隱士還是會離開洞穴探索，我很高興我這麼做了。這裡並沒有讓我很驚豔，但開車到這裡並享受悠閒的散步是不錯的。

Zero Egg Platform ❤️🏠

Another place I found in Taichung, when I’m tired of slumbering in my cave I exit. It was nice to walk around. Some cool murals. It's relaxing here. You can bike or walk around. ​ 

零蛋廣場: 這是當我試著從洞穴沉睡中甦醒後發現的地方。是個可悠閒散步的地方，有一些很酷的壁畫。在這裡很放鬆，你可以騎腳踏車或散步。

Yuanzui Mountain Trailhead

I hated this hike. I went with NY Chen and she said it was easy. We got to the top and you have to use ropes and shit. If you fall you die type shit. It was easy up until that point. I don’t like hiking unless I’m documenting it and it was a crap day, so I didn’t even really take photos…BUT one thing made it worth it, and I wish that I video recorded it. At the top you can use the ropes and all that stuff OR you can be like the guy I saw. This dude was barefoot. He started walking down a super narrow probably 6-inch-wide part of the mountain. If you fall, you DIE. He started walking and I yelled, “Look at this mutha fucka! What are you doing?” That got people's attention because I was using foul language, and I pointed to the guy. He literally walked the whole length, which was at least 100 yards BAREFOOT. While the rest of us were struggling and going up and down, he just floated to the other side. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw in Taiwan and maybe in my top 10 amazing things ever! It was INSANE!!! I am not doing this again, but I am glad I did on that day.​ 

鳶嘴山步道: 我恨透了在這裡爬山。我是跟一個朋友去的，而她說很容易爬。事實上爬到山頂你必須拉繩攀岩等等。如果你不小心滑倒，你就會死。一開始很容易走上去，後來就不是這樣了。我並不喜歡爬山除非我要做紀錄。所以對我而言真是糟糕的一天我甚至沒有拍照。但是! 有一件事讓此行程值得一去，我多希望我有拍影片紀錄。在最頂點時你必須拉繩踩點往下，或是你可以像我看到的那個傢伙一樣。光腳!他從一個超級窄大概6吋的點往下走。你掉下去你就死掉了。他開始走時我大叫，看那個人，你他媽的在幹麼? 因為我說髒話，所以大家都注意到我。我指著那個人，他就這樣走了，大概走了一百碼，光腳! 其他人是戰戰兢兢地往上跟往下爬，他則是像輕功水上飄。這是我在台灣看過最驚人的事。或是前十驚人的。真是太瘋狂了! 我絕對不會再爬一次，但滿開心我那天有爬完。

Cultural Heritage Park ❤️🏠

This is an interesting area with some artwork outside and various little exhibits. Some are in English, and others are only in Chinese. They change up every so often. There were also lots of arts and crafts shops with some cool art works. ​ 

文化資產園區: 這是一個有趣的地方，有許多藝術品，展品陳列在外面。有些有英文，有些只有中文標示。時不時地會換展覽內容。也有很多的藝術品，手工藝品店。

太平苗圃落羽松 ❤️🚗⭐

I loved this place, not because of this destination but the drive. This place was a bit hard to find as it's part of a temple and I wasn’t sure if it was open. I ended up walking in and no one hassled me. The pond itself is beautiful but you can walk around it in 3 minutes. The temple is interesting, and the area is well kept. Across from the temple is a fishpond for fishing. There were a lot of random places I stopped on this trip. I will not detail them here but will mention them in my favorite drives section. ​ 

太平苗圃落羽松: 我喜歡這個地方，不只是因為這個地點，而是開車的過程。這地方不太好找，他是寺廟的一部分，不太確定廟是不是開的。後來我走進去但沒有人阻止我。池塘本身很美，繞一圈大概三分鐘。寺廟很有趣，是有人在打理的。穿過寺廟是一個魚池。這地方有很多隨機可以停留的點，在此我不詳述。會把他補充在我最愛的開車路程那章節。

Fengnian Park ❤️🏠🚗

This was a nice park I found in the mountains. It's small, but a good spot to chill and get out of the city. It was usually empty, and I'd fly my drone here for practice. ​

豐年公園: 我在山裡發現一個很棒的地方。很小但是是一個可以放鬆遠離都市塵囂的地方。通常都沒人，我會在這裡練習操控無人機。