Penhu is a group of islands off the western coast of Taiwan. Many fishing villages spread out over the islands. I rented a moped like this one and made my way around the islands. Mine was a measely 50cc, which was way weak, considering the strong winds on the islands. I did manage to get it close to 70 kph.
The volcanic rocks on the coasts make up unique formations.
The tourist season to Penghu ended in mid September and the beach was totally empty.
Many buddhist temples were in mid-construction on the islands, but they are not quite finished. Apparently, construction only restarts when people donate money.
Besides the beaches, the highlight on the island was definitely the aquarium, which had some very cool sea creatures in addition to a walk-through sea tunnel.
Believe it or not, this is a shrimp!
Yup, there is a diver in the big tank feeding the rays, big rock fish with super suction strength, and of course sharks!
And these funny fish look like they got stepped on.
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Penghu also has a preserved traditional village. This village reminded me of my grandma’s house. Corals were used in the walls of these house!
Food…
Sticky rice cake filled with sesame and covered with peanuts. This is ungodly good.
Typical taiwanese breakfast – pork buns on the right, “oil sticks” similar to unsweatened donuts wrapped in crunchy sesame bread, and cup of soymilk Â
And I had this shell fish
both as sashimi, very crunchy texture
and sauteed
