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San Antonio to Taipei
Where to begin. Too nervous and excited to sleep, only got about 2 hours before I had to get up at 4:30am to leave to the airport by 5. Flight #1: San Antonio to Phoenix Flight #2: Phoenix to Los...
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Shi-Yang
It started off as a short trip with one of the Japanese girls from the hostel to get her last paycheck one day back in February, and it turned into an all day adventure that had us experiencing the new...
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Baseball in Taiwan
I got to go to a baseball game in Taoyuan at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, about a 40 minute drive from Taipei, near the international airport! We got to enjoy the first game of the...
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Hualien and the Dragon Boat Festival- Day 1
Around 900km traveled by car, train, scooter, and paddle boat last weekend! On Friday night Zoe picked me up at work and we drove directly to Luodong, about an hour (car time) southeast from Taipei....
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Day 2 – Taroko
Sunday started off with breakfast at a place called Shark Bites Toast. I’ve seen a few around Taiwan and I was curious about what kind of “toast” they would have. The menu was interesting, kind of like...
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Day 2 cont. – 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 beach. Aww yeah, bánh mì!...
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Day 3 – Hualien and sightseeing
On our 3rd day in Hualien we went on a mini mountain adventure (we got a bit lost), cooled down in a river stream, and paddled around the lake where the Dragon Boat Festival was held. We ate breakfast...
View ArticleTattoo(s)
I’d been looking into getting a new tattoo ever since I arrived in Taipei. Problem being was that I didn’t know of any shops. There are quite a lot of people with visible tattoos and I asked a few, got...
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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 enjoy their time here? Would they be alright...
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Road Trip Roll #1
Recently purchased a Nikon FE camera, and what better time to see what it could do than on our around Taiwan road trip? Photos taken from Taipei to 3/4ths of the way down the east coast of Taiwan...
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Road Trip Roll #2
Roll #2: From our second day on the road to our last day: East coast, Kenting, Eluanbi Lighthouse (鵝鑾鼻燈塔), National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium (國立海洋生物博物館), Tainan, and Sun Moon Lake. Film...
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Around Taiwan Road Trip – Day 1
During Chinese (or Lunar… as you may wish to call it) New Year, my roommate and I traveled around Taiwan, literally. We didn’t have any real stops planned out nor areas of interest nor even direction...
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Off Skates Derby in Taipei*
*There is currently no roller derby in Taiwan. I played roller derby a few years ago and still follow it to this day; speaking about it to anyone who’s never seen or heard of it before and getting into...
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Around Taiwan Road Trip – Day 2
The next day our morning began relatively early. We packed up and set out around 7am to beat the large crowds at a certain photo spot near by. We arrived and there were people already walking up and...
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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 in front of where we were eating. There were...
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Venues – Roxy Rocker
One of the Roxy siblings, Roxy Rocker is a basement venue with 2 large rooms: a CD packed room and an exclusive vynil room accessible via a heavy glass door. The glass wall dividing the two spaces...
View ArticleMusic Video :: Leo王
That one time I agreed to be in a music video… and had to rap in Mandarin. Awesome :] Leo王 feat.許時【唐伯虎點秋香我點蚊香】
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Roll #3 – Alishan
Alishan is known for its beautiful cherry blossoms and sunrises; unfortunately we only got to enjoy one of those. After waking up around 4am to ride a train up the mountain, our only view seemed to be...
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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 at least one year I thought that a single year may end...
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