Travel makes my life less ordinary

#1: Leofoo Resort  Situated in Guanshi, Hsinchu County, "Leofoo Ressort Guanshi" is adjacent to the Leofoo village Theme Park, and Asia's first resort that mimic the Safari Park in South Africa. Within the resort, there are over 150 rooms modeled after African Safari styles. FYI, the resort is only a short ride of 30 mins from Tao Yuan International Airport and you can arrange for a shuttle with the resort for pick-up at a fee of 2000TWD.  Each rooms in the resort is tastefully decorated with bright colored walls, perfected with paintings of Giraffe and baobab trees. If you traveled as a family like us (7 people), you should choose the Kenya Greenery Room, a lofted room with high ceiling over-looking the Safari Park. The kids were really excited to see the animals roaming about in the enclosure through the room's large windows. The room also comes with a huge balcony for us to view the animals in the open air. However, the stench from the enclosure was a l...

Timang Beach used to be an isolated spot, located at the end of a bumpy road from a quaint farming village. In recent years, tourist flooded this area, made famous by an episode of Running Man (Korean's variety show). One of the highlights is the yellow Gondola that takes the adventurous ones across the raging sea to a little island.  Personally, the sea-view is stunning. For a moment, I thought I was at Perth looking over the Indian Ocean. In case you aren't aware, I was told that Yogyakarta is located near  Australia and perhaps shared the same Indian Ocean.  As mentioned, tourist flocked to this beach to experience the Gondola, which was otherwise used by the fishermen to catch lobsters. Tourist can also choose the option of crossing over the little island by walking over the suspension bridge. Both options were thrilling, especially when waves were rough. It was bright and sunny when we arrived after 30mins of bumpy jeep ride. The waves we...