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Taiwan Wrap Up

February 22, 2013

I’ve decided to start a new series where I will wrap up each country that I visited after I finish my posts about that place. These wrap ups will serve as travel guides and include some of the more nitty gritty details to help ...Read More

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Street Eats: Night Markets in Taiwan

February 20, 2013

I love food. I love street food. I love cheap food. Thus, it should be no surprise that the many night markets of Taiwan were my favorite part of the country. Night markets started in the large cities of Taiwan, usually near temples, as ...Read More

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Crazy Temples and Union Jacks: 24 Hours in Kaohsiung

February 18, 2013

After my early morning in Alishan, I continued southbound from Chiayi to the port city of Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung was to serve as a quick layover city, one night there before getting a bus to Kenting, the well known beach side area of southern Taiwan. ...Read More

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Getting High: Sunrise in Alishan

February 12, 2013

After my first weekend in Taipei I began making my way down south. While researching cool things to do in the country I came across a post about a cloud sea and sunrise in Alishan on the (sadly now defunct) blog 12FOOT3. The photos ...Read More

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Gondolas and Green Tea: An Afternoon in Maokong

February 6, 2013

If you have more than 48 hours in Taipei, you can easily escape the city with a trip to the tea farming suburb of Maokong. Maokong used to be the biggest tea producing city in Taipei and although it no longer holds that title ...Read More

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48 Hours in Taipei

February 4, 2013

This post was originally going to be titled “24 Hours in Taipei”. I figured that because I’d lived in Seoul for two years and had spent five days in Tokyo last fall I had seen all big, east Asian cities had to offer. Then ...Read More

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