# The Islands Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Taiwan Travel\ **Tags:** orchid-island, penghu, turtle-island, islands, green-island\ **Created:** [August 7, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523 "2004-08-07T03:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigJohn](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BigJohn](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BigJohn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523/21 "2011-12-19T17:58:31Z")
This is in reply to several poster who asked about things to do in Penghu, Jinmen and Matsu in January. BRRRR!!! FYI, that’s generally speaking a very cold and windy time to be visiting islands in the Taiwan Strait. ---
**Author:** ![SRS](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SRS](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/SRS)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523/22 "2012-03-08T14:13:43Z")
We will be in Jinmen first part of June for a weekend. We will be attending an event there. A list of hotels have been provided but does anyone have recommendations of where to stay. Perhaps someone’s recommendation is on the list. Also what about transportation. We do not ride a motorbike. What other ways to get around? What about taxi service? ---
**Author:** ![Mchonos](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Mchonos](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mchonos)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523/23 "2013-12-01T04:17:50Z")
I’m looking for a travel buddy to cycle down to Kenting this winter. I’ve been thinking to do it for quite some time now.Dont have that cool-crazy friend.Wasnt able to start a new topic so had to post here.If you know anyone whos in same kinda situation let me know ---
**Author:** ![planet2wheels](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@planet2wheels](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/planet2wheels)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523/24 "2014-07-21T02:33:18Z")
Some alternative information on Penghu - still ‘work-in-progess’ - but I hope to have detailed information on most of the beaches, coves & diving/snorkelling sites; [penghu-info.weebly.com](http://penghu-info.weebly.com) I was goaded into setting up this site simply because its easier than having to answer everyone’s request of where to go etc… been a lot of such requests recently…(my other domain name got cancelled) ---
**Author:** ![hannes](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hannes/32/161150_2.png) [@hannes](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hannes)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523/25 "2014-08-29T09:37:54Z")
Travel in Taiwan article about Kinmen: [http://issuu.com/travelintaiwan/docs/travel\_in\_taiwan\_2014-9-10/12-13](http://issuu.com/travelintaiwan/docs/travel_in_taiwan_2014-9-10/12-13) ![](http://i59.tinypic.com/2pquyk7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mad\_masala](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mad_masala/32/182103_2.png) [@mad\_masala](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mad_masala)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 10:13am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523/26 "2014-08-29T10:13:44Z")
Hannes, congratulations for your magazine. It looks really nice. I haven’t visited any of the islands yet, and I really wanted to visit at least one this summer… ---
**Author:** ![hannes](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hannes/32/161150_2.png) [@hannes](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hannes)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523/27 "2014-08-29T10:25:26Z")
[quote=“jesus80”]Hannes, congratulations for your magazine. It looks really nice. I haven’t visited any of the islands yet, and I really wanted to visit at least one this summer…[/quote] Thanks! We visited Matsu, Penghu, Lanyu, and Kinmen in the last two years. I think I liked Matsu best. They have mountains and trees, old villages, military stuff, not many tourists, some island hopping, and it overall felt nice. Lanyu was great too. The villages are a bit ugly, but the scenery is awesome. Kinmen was a pleasant trip too. I liked to bag those cute wind lion statues, I managed to find like 20 despite my travel companions having not much interest in them and therefore getting a bit impatient with me (“another wind lion? really?”) In Penghu I liked the columnar basalt (“stone waterfall”) on Xiyu’s west coast and Wang’an Island, but of the four places, Penghu is my least favorite. I like less tourists and more trees (Matsu) 🙂 [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-islands-thread/11523.md?page=1)