It’s a buggy life
A couple days after my family joined me in Taiwan, we went swimming in the rural mountains of Miaoli County, […]
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Super pod of dolphins on Taiwan’s East Coast
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
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Unambitious travel: learning how to stop when things are “good enough”
A few days ago I decided to go to Yangmingshan National Park, northeast of Taipei and Beitou, where I was
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Beitou hot springs: snake oil baths?
I arrived in Beitou early on a drizzly Wednesday morning, exhausted and achy from a cramped and sleepless 14-hour flight.
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Breaking through my pandemic shell to travel abroad again
During the Covid pandemic I built up a many-layered shell. Like the deep sea “volcano snail,” I formed multiple types
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Sea turtle hatching at the Bubbles Turtle Conservation Project, Malaysia
There are 7 species of sea turtles in the world, and all are endangered or vulnerable (green, hawksbill, olive ridley,
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Underwater life at the Perhentian islands, Malaysia
The clear, ethereal cerulean blue waters surrounding the Perhentian islands are a snorkeler’s paradise. I was able to walk off
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Gongbei market and seafood feast in Zhuhai, China
One of my favorite ways to get to know a new place is to visit the local market and when
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Getting to mainland China from Hong Kong Airport by ferry: don’t make the mistake I did!
One of the easiest ways to get to Southern mainland China if you’re traveling internationally is to land in Hong
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