Taiwan

We didn’t see too many American or English-speaking tourists in Taiwan. There also weren’t all that many blog posts and articles about traveling around Taiwan outside of Taipei. Sitting here in our last stop of Japan, I thought it be … Continued

San Diego gets the well-deserved distinction of being “America’s Finest City.” I believe Kaohsiung should get a similar distinction for Taiwan. The bus from Alishan to Kaohsiung was scheduled to take 2.5 hours but was actually around 2 hours. The … Continued

See, that’s funny because Alice in Wonderland. (That’s a “Suits” reference. We just got done with Season 5, I highly recommend that series even though there are various legal inaccuracies. Shout out to Northwestern ’03 classmate Megan Markle!). Alishan rounds … Continued

From Hualien we headed to another famous attraction in Taiwan, Sun Moon Lake. We almost decided against going. The first reason is that it is kind of a pain in the ass to get to. As you can see from … Continued

Diem (and others) told me that I didn’t sound too enthusiastic about Taipei in my last post. I can see that it wasn’t a completely positive description but in my defense I want to be as honest as possible in … Continued

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu. One of the most common questions we got at the wedding was “Where’s your first stop?” Not a lot of people we talked to have been to … Continued