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There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. While it's been a few years since I hiked to Teapot Mountain in Taiwan, I decided to finally write about it. Teapot Mountain is the perfect day trip from Taipei if you want…
Continue reading ➞ Hiking Teapot Mountain In Taiwan: A Great Day Hike From Taipei
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. There are a few hikes in Taipei that offer great views of Taipei 101 and the city below. They are easy and perfect to watch the sunset before heading over to one of…
Continue reading ➞ Elephant Mountain And Fairy Footprint: Two Best Hikes In Taipei
There are affiliate links in here. Taipei is in the perfect location. It's centrally located in Northern Taiwan making it super easy to base yourself there to take day trips from Taipei to the surrounding cities and towns. Whether you want to hike, visit a night market, wander through old streets, or all three, there…
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. While I may have had an entire month in Taiwan and almost three weeks in Taipei, I met a lot of people that only had one to four days there. I met a…
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. Like Slovenia, I realized I had a ton of pictures from Taiwan that I never shared. Or probably even edited. Sometimes I like to go back and look at pictures from past trips…
Continue reading ➞ 50 Pictures That Will Put Taiwan At The Top Of Your Bucketlist
Yes, I hear you. It's been a year and a half since you went to Taiwan! What's with all the posts now? Well, I've finally sat down to try and get some more helpful things about Taiwan out to you, like this Taiwan night market guide. I've wanted to and now I finally am. Keep…
Continue reading ➞ Your Guide To Some Of The Best Night Markets In Taiwan
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. It's no secret that I love Taiwan, or that I didn't love it at all the first two weeks I was there. I spent a month in Taiwan making my way around the…
There are affiliate links in here. I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. Before I left for Taiwan, I had no idea what to bring. I had no idea what the weather was going to be like. Hot and cold. Helpful, right? I also didn't know…
Continue reading ➞ The Perfect Packing List For Taiwan And Japan In The Winter
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…
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
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