Around Taiwan Road Trip – Day 4
Our last day in the South was spent camping out at another elementary school. We found it late at night, no lights worked and we couldn’t find any plugs until […]
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Around Taiwan Road Trip – Day 3
Our third day began with some warm sunny weather (for once on the trip). We grabbed some breakfast by the coast and decided to hit up the small sandy beach […]
One year later…
It’s been a year and 15 days since I arrived in Taiwan and I’m still here! When I first decided that I would like to live in a foreign country for […]
Around Taiwan – Hehuanshan 合歡山
I got to see an amazing sunrise thanks to Zoe. She invited me to go with her and an old college friend to check out Hehuanshan, the highest point in […]
The Shay Shays
I was excited and nervous to have friends visit me in Taiwan. Would I be a good guide? Would they like the places I wanted to take them? Would they […]
Around Taiwan – Hualien and skateboarding
After coming back from Taroko National Park we decided to grab some Vietnamese food for lunch and drive a bit around Haulien before ending up at the skatepark next to […]
The Train to Somewhere
I took the train the other day. It wasn’t the first time, but it was the first time I’d taken it out of the city. I’d been thinking about going […]
Adventures with Angela – Part 2
The small restaurant was on the corner of an alley with this crazy awesome view of Taipei 101. You can check out some more photos here. “竹村居酒屋” The menu was handwritten […]
Adventures with Angela – Part 1
For some reason, young people in Taipei seem to really like the Amish, 90’s-mom look. Angela and I went to a market in one of the squares near Gongguan and […]
First thoughts
I’ve been trying to update this post as I see new things or think about how different things are here compared to the US. Here are a few things I’ve […]
First Full Day – Part 2
Tamsui! We took the red metro line from where it meets the blue line all the way to the end in the north. It took about an hour but the […]
San Francisco
Breakfast Lunch Dinner