Tag: taiwan
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Taiwan Food – A Scavenger Hunt
A lot of great food in Taiwan is pretty inexpensive. Therefore, I propose a Pokemon approach and try to catch ’em all. Here is a list for a scavenger hunt, send in your pics, and share what you’d add to this list!
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5 Tips to Get Around Taipei
5 Things to Know About Getting Around Taipei – It is SO easy to get around! ..once you take a few steps to get going. Here are a few tips I learned from my trip there.
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Stand-Up Paddleboard in Southern Taiwan
This post is on stand-up paddle board (SUP) in the vicinity of Kaohsiung, specifically. Mama: What is this thing you do, Yiling? Paddleboat, like with your feet? Me: Um, no mama, it’s called stand-up paddleboard. Mama: Paddleboat? Me: No, BOARD. It’s like a surf board, but bigger and more stable. You stand on it, and…
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What to Know About Your Phone for International Travel
Taiwan Pro-Tip EditionSIM Card Rental & Local Pay Options $ < Global Data Plan $$$ Did you know: you can rent a SIM card or cell phone when you arrive at the airport in Taiwan? I found this out once I was there, after already having purchased my $10-a-day global data plan with AT&T. AT&T would charge…
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Kaohsiung, Taiwan in the Morning
Hi Folks, I’m in Taiwan* for QingMing Jie. Lots of over-deep thoughts to organize, food eaten, and photos to sort out. In the mean time, this video clip for you: If you have any questions on what it’s like here, let me know this week and I’ll try to find out! *where my mother grew…
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Taiwan Adventures – Going “Home” Part 2
Recap of What I Expected to Find in Taiwan: (see Taiwan Adventures – Going Home 1 for the full intro) -Familiar but unfamiliar: being too-rusty in language skills, feeling a stranger in a friendly city -Pollution galore What did I find? Arrival Aah, that southern Chinese accent! Familiar, just …familiar.I walked off the plane to…
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Going Home
Taiwan Adventures 1Dear reader, I’m trying something different this time with the writing. Let me know how it goes. Thanks! Y Belonging is a funny thing. As an Asian American kid growing up in Minnesota, I just wanted to be like everyone else I knew. My mother (born in Taiwan) persistently spoke to me in Chinese despite…