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My time in the Philippines had its ups and downs. Today I’m going to share the ups with you, or the things I really enjoyed, and next,like always, I’ll keep it real and share the things I didn’t like. Just know, the things I liked, I really liked.
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I loved Kyoto and wish I could have spent more time there. I didn’t realize how spread out it was until after I left, but just within walking or short biking distance of my hostel, there was SO MUCH to see! Someday I’ll go back, hopefully, sooner than later, but for now, here is what I love about it.
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 all personal things that I didn’t like or found annoying, and some are just silly little things that aren’t actually bad but more funny. It was literally nothing about Taiwan itself. I actually love Taiwan and these are all just part of the experience. Taiwan is one place I’m actually dying to go back to.
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.
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Island hopping in El Nido is one of the top reasons people go to Palawan in the Philippines. In case you didn’t know, which I didn’t really before I got there, island hopping is the thing to do in El Nido.
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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 so happened that I booked my five weeks in Taiwan to coincide with the Pingxi Lantern Festival. I didn’t even know it existed when I was planning my trip until shortly before I got to Taiwan.
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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 there are plenty of things to love about it, too.
Even if you’re on a tight budget, Tokyo is worth a visit. It can be seen on the cheap, but don’t forget to splurge a little and have some fun. This guide to Tokyo will help you plan the best trip possible.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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 up with Tamsui. Apparently, there are a couple of beaches there so off we went.
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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.
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Update 2023: Unfortunately the Ximending location of Modern Toilet was a victim of COVID and closed down. You can visit the Shilin location though. These pictures are all the Ximending location.
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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 and Lanyu, it turns out, was not the place to do that.
