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(Shíquánlù Tiàozao Shìchǎng; cnr Shiquan Rd & Jhonghua 2nd Rd; 8am-5.30pm Sat & Sun) This
long-standing market is lined with small shops and stalls selling furniture, books, silver,
vinyl, porcelain, vintage toys, paintings and trinkets. Open Saturday and Sunday only.
Information
There are banks and ATMs everywhere, including most 7-Elevens. You can change
money at the Bank of Taiwan (264 Jhongjheng-4th Rd) .
ADSL is widely available in hotels. There's free wi-fi at the Kaohsiung Cultural Centre,
as well as outside the MRT station at Central Park.
Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University ( www.kmuh.org.tw ; 100 Zi-
hyou 1st Rd) Just east of Houyi KMRT Station.
Kaohsiung City ( http://khh.travel ) Excellent city tourism website.
Train station visitor centre MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 9am-7pm) In the main train sta-
tion. Staff speak English and are a good source of information.
Getting There & Away
AIR
The airport, south of the city, connects seamlessly to downtown by KMRT. Domestic and
international terminals are joined and you can quickly walk from one to the other.
There's a visitor information centre in each terminal. Staff speak passable English and
can help with hotels, tours, MRT travel, car rentals etc.
Nine kilometres south of the city is Siaogang Domestic Airport Terminal
( www.kia.gov.tw ; 2 Jhongshan 4th Rd) , which has flights to Kinmen and Penghu. Uni Air
( www.uniair.com.tw ) and Daily Air Corporation ( www.dailyair.com.tw ) fly from here.
Siaogang International Airport Terminal has flights to most Southeast Asian countries,
Japan, Korea and China. EVA ( www.evaair.com ) and China Airlines ( Click here ) fly from
here.
BOAT
Taiwan Hangye Company ( www.tnc-kao.com.tw/Shipdate_1.aspx ) has year-round boats
from Kaohsiung to Makung, Penghu (NT$860, 4½ hours). The schedule changes every
three months and is unreliable in winter. It's best to go directly to the ticketing office to
check the schedule with them and buy tickets on the spot.