Travel postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung

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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to exploreKaohsiung, Taiwan's second largest city and one of the world'sbusiest ports? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge helpvisitors make the most of this centre of traditional Taiwaneseculture.
FRIDAY
5 p.m. - You're going to be doing a lot of shopping, so start on ahigh at the new Dream Mall (www.dream-mall.com.tw). Large, notcrowded and easy to navigate, it stands out for being the onlyplace in metropolitan Kaohsiung to get your hands on clothes madeby ultra-cool Taiwanese designers Booday (www.booday.com).
7 p.m. - Dinner at New Tainan Tan-tzai Noodles in the mall'sbasement. The interior is supposed to look like a Taiwanese schoolfrom the 1950s or 1960s, with lots of retro cinema posters andadverts from the era plastered on the walls. The stewed pork onrice, with fish-ball soup and blanched Taiwanese-style greenstopped with minced garlic, are recommended.
SATURDAY
8 a.m. - Begin the day with breakfast on the street, Taiwanesestyle. Typical fare includes fried radish cake with a sweetishsauce, egg pancakes and soy bean milk.
9 a.m. - If you only have time to go to one part of Kaohsiung makesure it is Yancheng. Once salt fields, today Yancheng is full offunky little shops, cafes and temples. The Kaohsiung Museum ofHistory (http://w5.kcg.gov.tw/khm/index.asp) is a must see, totrace the city's rise from swamp to metropolis.
11 a.m. - Just round the corner from the museum is Bag, otherwiseknown in Chinese as "King of Satchels" (33 Da-ren Rd). This shop isfamous nationwide for the old-style school bags it sells emblazonedwith the names of schools in large Chinese characters, and whichare now worn as a stylish accessory.
11:30 a.m. - Not far from Bag is Shanghai Wan-long Sauce Garden(137 Sin-Sing St). Opened in 1948, this family-run business isstill cranking out quality soy, chili and sesame sauces and prettymuch any other sauce-like condiment that can accompany Chinesecuisine. Continued...