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I've mentioned before both that I love Taiwan, but I really didn't at all for a while either. I shared what I love about Taiwan, now, since I like to keep things real here, I'm going to share what I didn't love as much. I would also like to note that these are pretty much…
Taiwan has a lot to offer, like, a lot. It has awesome cities, beautiful beaches, luscious jungle, marble gorges, and rolling hills. And that doesn't even touch on the food. Ohh the food. Enough of this, lets get to the good stuff. Din Tai Fung I didn't know it at the time, or really what…
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. Island hopping in El Nido is pretty much the only reason people go to Palawan in the Philippines. In case you didn't know, which I didn't really before I got there, island hopping…
Continue reading ➞ Your Guide To Island Hopping Tour A In El Nido
The Pingxi Lantern Festival is one of the coolest ways to celebrate Chinese New Year in Taipei if not all of Taiwan. I don't know what goes on in the rest of Taiwan, so that's why I'm so confident in that statement. If you know of something else that's super awesome, let me know! It just…
Continue reading ➞ Everything You Need To Know To Go To The Pingxi Lantern Festival
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. Tokyo was crazy but in the best way. It's pretty overwhelming and can get fairly confusing navigating the streets and subways stations, which are fairly intimidating feeling like their own small towns, but…
I wasn't sure about Taipei when I first arrived, but that's because I couldn't do anything for myself. Almost as soon as I got back to my hostel a few days later, that changed very quickly. The people I met definitely helped, but there is plenty more to love about Taipei. 1. Coffee Shops There…
I don't have a lot to say about this, I just wanted to share some pictures from Taipei that don't really belong anywhere else. Like usual, I wandered around, drank coffee, took pictures of lanterns, and tried snake blood. Oh yeah, I drank snake blood one night. I meandered back to Snake Alley with a…
The Huashan 1914 Creative park in Taipei was something I didn't know about until we were on our way there. We happened to be in the neighborhood for who knows what and decided we should go. Thankfully it was a weekend so there was more going on than usual. The shops and stands were bustling…
Continue reading ➞ Spend An Afrernoon At Huashan 1914 Creative Park
I kept telling everyone we need to go to Tamsui! They would then ask why and I would say, well I'm not actually sure. It was my last day in Taiwan and it was supposed to be hot and sunny. What better thing to do than go to the beach? This is where we came…
Continue reading ➞ Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf + 4 Other Cool Things To Do In Tamsui
Yup. You read that right. A cat village. Just a short train ride from Taipei is Houtong Cat Village. It's nestled up in the hills and like most days, it was rainy. After some delayed trains, we finally made it with no idea what to expect. This is certainly one of the most fun and…
Continue reading ➞ The Purrrfect Taipei Day Trip: How To Visit Houtong Cat Village
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. I remember seeing this bizarre toilet restaurant on the Travel Channel years ago. I thought how weird is that and then promptly forgot about it. And then I was researching things to do in Taipei and…
Continue reading ➞ Modern Toilet: Taipei’s Toilet Restaurant
Lanyu was hard to actually get lost on. I mean, there's really only one road around the island with a couple smaller ones weaving through the villages dotted along the coast. I was more lost in my head. Still. Feeling way too sorry for my self. Still. I needed to get out of this funk…
I can't decide what to call this. I didn't do a whole lot of anything in Taitung. I spent a lot of time wandering around and drinking coffee, but that's not much of a surprise. It was cold and rainy most of my time there, but the last day was really nice. I wandered through…
Hualien was the first place that I was on my own in Taiwan and I was terrified. I was on what I was hoping the right train. Then I got off in what I hoped was Hualien. Then I walked what I hoped was the right direction to get to my hostel. Then I stood…