This is the third post in my Unexpected Delights series, featuring a surprise reunion and bug-eaten “eastern beauty” oolong tea. […]
Unexpected delights: stumbling upon an old friend’s bug-eaten tea shop Read More »
This is the second post in my Unexpected Delights series, highlighting how delightful it is to travel around Taiwan by
Unexpected Delights: Taiwan by train and railway bentos Read More »
This is the first post in my new Unexpected Delights series! I cover Taroko National Park’s Shakadang Trail, a bit
Unexpected Delights in Taroko, Taiwan: mountain millet mochi and more Read More »
A couple days after my family joined me in Taiwan, we went swimming in the rural mountains of Miaoli County,
This super pod of pantropical spotted dolphins (熱帶點斑原海豚) showed off their acrobatic swimming and played with our boat when we
Super pod of dolphins on Taiwan’s East Coast Read More »
A few days ago I decided to go to Yangmingshan National Park, northeast of Taipei and Beitou, where I was
Unambitious travel: learning how to stop when things are “good enough” Read More »
I arrived in Beitou early on a drizzly Wednesday morning, exhausted and achy from a cramped and sleepless 14-hour flight.
Beitou hot springs: snake oil baths? Read More »
During the Covid pandemic I built up a many-layered shell. Like the deep sea “volcano snail,” I formed multiple types
Breaking through my pandemic shell to travel abroad again Read More »
No visit to Taiwan is complete without a visit to a night market. Despite my exhaustion from jet lag and
