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Taiwan Travel Podcast with Cheng-Han Lin

Taiwan Travel Podcast with Cheng-Han Lin

By: Cheng-Han Lin
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This podcast follows one host as he learns Taiwan by living in a place, then moving to another connected to it. Travel in Taiwan means navigating a rugged eastern two-thirds, a gentler western plain, and a tropical climate that stays cloudy for much of the year.

The host covers a broad arc: Taipei in the north, Tainan in the south-west, Taichung on the western plain, and Taitung on the rugged east coast. These places are linked by the island's shape and by the way people live along the coast. Tainan and Taichung sit on flat land; Taitung faces the Pacific beneath mountain slopes.

As the months pass, the southwest monsoon brings rain from June to August, and the cloud cover stays. The host returns to the same streets and hillsides at different points in the year, watching how a city changes when wet, dry, busy or quiet. Knowing Taiwan comes from these repeated visits rather than a single itinerary.

Cheng-Han Lin lives in Taiwan and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Cheng-Han is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.

A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.

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Episodes
  • Tainan Last Full Day: Salt Flats and Art

    Tainan Last Full Day: Salt Flats and Art
    31 Oct 2026

    Cheng-Han walks the cooling alleys of Tainan one last time, tasting danzi noodles in West Central District before heading to the Qigu salt fields for the black-faced spoonbill season. He checks on ARC logistics, visits a local coffee shop, and reflects on the transition from southern history to northern tech.

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    Episode 92 of Taiwan Travel Podcast with Cheng-Han Lin. Cheng-Han Lin is in Tainan, Taiwan.

    Places in this episode: West Central District, Confucius Temple, Guohua Street, East District, National Cheng Kung University, Barista Ray Coffee, Anping District, Fort Zeelandia.

    Covered: Tainan Food Scene, Wildlife Watching, Colonial History Sites, ARC Logistics, Seasonal Weather.

    Chapters:
    00:00 West Central District
    02:41 Jinhua Road
    04:20 Taijiang National Park
    06:30 Chihkan Tower
    08:13 Diner

    A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.

    #TainanTravel #BlackFacedSpoonbill #QiguSaltFields #TaiwanAutumn #ARCApplication #BaristaRayCoffee #FortZeelandia #DanziNoodles #TaiwanFoodie #SlowTravel #ChiayiNext #TaiwanLife #BirdWatching #OldTownAlleys #TWDPrices #EasyCard #TyphoonWatch #LivingInTaiwan

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    10 min
  • Tainan Last Day: Mud, Art and the Spoonbill Coast

    Tainan Last Day: Mud, Art and the Spoonbill Coast
    30 Oct 2026

    My final full day in Tainan before moving north. I walk the old town alleys one last time, visit the Tainan Arts Festival in a former prison, and head to the Qigu wetlands for the black-faced spoonbills. We talk about the cost of living here, the ARC application, and why this city feels like home.

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    Episode 91 of Taiwan Travel Podcast with Cheng-Han Lin. Cheng-Han Lin is in Tainan, Taiwan.

    Places in this episode: Shennong Street, Barista Ray Coffee, National Museum of Taiwan Literature, Alley Donburi Restaurant, 321巷藝術聚落, Qigu Salt Mountain, Guohua Street, Grand Mazu Temple.

    Covered: Tainan Arts Festival, Black-Faced Spoonbill Migration, ARC Application Logistics, Tainan Food Costs, Old Town Walk, Wetland Nature.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Shennong Street
    01:43 National Museum of Taiwan Literature
    04:13 Qigu Salt Mountain
    05:53 Provintia Hotel Tainan
    07:36 Guohua Street
    09:04 Taxi interior

    A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.

    #TainanTravel #TaiwanAutumn #BlackFacedSpoonbill #TainanFood #ARCApplication #TainanHistory #TravelPodcast #LivingInTaiwan #QiguSaltFields #TainanArtsFestival #SlowTravel #TaiwanCulture #ChihkanTower #AnpingFort #BudgetTravelTaiwan #TainanLife #MigrationJourney #TaiwanVlog

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    11 min
  • Tainan Art Festival and the Spoonbill Watch

    Tainan Art Festival and the Spoonbill Watch
    29 Oct 2026

    Cheng-Han explores the Tainan Arts Festival in the old prison, watches fire dancers at Anping Fort, and spots black-faced spoonbills in the Qigu wetlands while reflecting on ARC logistics and daily costs.

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    Episode 90 of Taiwan Travel Podcast with Cheng-Han Lin. Cheng-Han Lin is in Tainan, Taiwan.

    Places in this episode: Shennong Street, Confucius Temple, Fuzhong Street, Yaodao Guan, Anping, Fort Zeelandia, Yuguang Island, Guohua Street.

    Covered: Tainan Arts Festival, Anping Fire Dance, Spoonbill Migration, ARC Application Status, Local Dining Costs, Museum Visits.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Shennong Street
    02:03 Anping
    07:46 Hayashi Department Store

    A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.

    #TainanTravel #TaiwanAutumn #BlackFacedSpoonbill #TainanArtFestival #AnpingFort #StreetFoodTaiwan #OldTownAlleys #ARCApplication #TainanLife #SaltFields #ColonialHistory #NightMarketCrawl #CoffeeCulture #WildlifeWatching #TaiwanInOctober #TravelPodcast #ExpatLifeTaiwan #SlowTravel

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    10 min
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