I know where I’m going (Taitung), but where art thou going? A coworker was asking me for ideas, and the best I could come up with was Nantou, which is a fairly easy drive from her home in Pingtung City.
Anyone have more creative ideas? Or just want to share what you’re doing?
It’s a public holiday in the Sinosphere. I’ll be observing my usual tradition of staying at home.
I might tentatively eat exactly one mooncake if someone presses me enough.
News is reporting Taitung will be very crowded. Maybe some events drawing people in or something.
moon the moon
Don’t strain yourself. 
What’s the weather forecast? I remember rain and clouds being usual, but that might be selective memory.
You just want to show your behind to Chang-Er.
After my Tomb Sweeping holiday trip to Vietnam was cancelled by Covid-19, I had hoped to reschedule the trip for Moon Festival. Now that that’s out, I don’t want to battle the local hordes at popular Taiwanese destinations. So, I’m planning on not straying from Taoyuan too far and scootering around the north coast again, weather permitting.
The freeways will be particularly fun this year as nobody can leave the country.
I’ll be staying home.
If this was my thread, I would mark this as the solution.
Traveling in Taiwan during Taiwanese holidays is already a non-starter - add in the defacto “lock-in” and you got a barely indistinguishable experience from city traffic, wherever you could think to go.
Wait for Taipei City to empty out, and then enjoy the town.
Guy
My plan is just stay home and hide from my baby niece then read a book and play sodoku…
But it seems that plan would fail she will find me.
It doesn’t happen like it used to. Chinese New Year used to be a ghost town in Taipei, but every year it gets busier and busier.
Yea, but Mid-Autumn Festival was more of a time for BBQing at home with family and friends. If you travelled you went to the old homestead.
Agree CNY was the time everything closed down. God, it used to be hard to find a corner store that was open where you could buy a beer or packet of peanuts. Restaurants, forget it.
I guess it’s the same as western Christmas, and Thanksgiving in the States if they made it a four-day holiday. Now they open stores for special sales on Thanksgiving Day.
Because of COVID-19 I can’t travel to Thailand or Japan which is close by Taiwan
in flying distance. So if I stay in Taiwan for Moon Festival, I will just spend one
night in Fulong Beach if I can get a booking to stay in a room for one night.
I would have though of going to Kenting Beach but I will put that off until
Chinese New Year in case I cannot go to Canada. Plus I didn’t order my
new IDP yet because if I go to Kenting, I would have to rent a car to have
mobility in that area. (I have a motorbike license so that comes in handy
when I want to rent a motorbike when going to other parts of Taiwan).
I’ll be in town on Thursday but I won’t be having my own barbecue due to
the lack of space where I live.
Yes we know. We all know.
So close, yet so far.
Guy
Because of COVID-19 I’ll be locked in my house surfing pornhub for four days solid.
Actually no. Recommend hitting Waiao and renting a board to post pics on IG of you posing with said board. Alternatively get in the water and fight the locals for a half decent wave. Was there on Sunday. Even in light rain it was very nice and there’s lots of bars and restaurants just off the beach.
Looks like four days of good weather. Don’t forget Urban Nomad on Saturday.
If there is a road/street in front of your place, you can do.
