Forget the polished tourist trail. Welcome to Kaohsiung: the gritty, charming, "real Taiwan" of the south. Once famous for shipbreakers and sugar refineries, Kaohsiung is emerging as a cultural powerhouse -- without losing its edge.
The Kaohsiung Experience skips the usual tourist traps to show you the city locals actually live in. We'll explore beyond the famous night markets to find secret dry noodles, urban wetlands teeming with wild monkeys, and cafes hidden in old military dorms. I'll show you how to sleep cheap in a notorious skyscraper, where to get dead skin shaved off your feet at 2 AM, and how to find seafood so fresh it will change your life.
This guide is as local as it gets. Everything is geared toward easy navigation, with QR codes and map links for every single recommendation. Get ready to discover the Kaohsiung most visitors never see.
