134 days ago by Melanie

About an hour outside of Taipei, Taiwan, I was smitten ( smitten, I tell you) by the historic mountain town of Jiufen. Pedestrian streets paved with stone, glowing paper lanterns, teahouses with vine-covered patios and twinkling views of the Pacific…it’s enough to make you fall in love all over agai ...

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143 days ago by Melanie

Each August at the Taipei World Trade Center, the Taiwan Culinary Exhibition attracts a huge crowd for every one of its four days. It’s a balls-out parade of some of the most elaborate, exciting, artistic, enticing and baffling foods on Mothership Earth. Oh, and did I mention? It’s entirely in Chine ...

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145 days ago by Melanie

Wood-carved sculpture in the northeast town of Sanyi Continued from Ni Hao, Taiwan: Part One ___________________________________ ** Ni hao = “hello” in Mandarin Chinese, the most common dialect in Taiwan ** ___________________________________ It’s been a few weeks since I returned from my first trip ...

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151 days ago by Melanie

Taiwan has the best chrysanthemums I've ever seen ** Ni hao = “hello” in Mandarin Chinese, the most common dialect in Taiwan ** I’ve been back from Taiwan for a couple of weeks now, and I realize I actually miss it. A lot. While I was there, it was hot and muggy and leafy and full of mopeds and spla ...

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169 days ago by Godfrey

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180 days ago by Melanie

Can you say, “dream trip,” boys and girls? Well, I’m leaving tonight to take one of mine. Ever since I had a brief layover in Taipei (well, technically in the neighboring city of Taoyuan, which is a lot closer to the airport), I’ve been curious about Taiwan, an island country off the southeastern co ...

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198 days ago by The Ghost of James Mitose

by Caro’s Lines Martial arts have been practiced for hundreds of years across eastern Asia, but only in recent decades have they become more popular in the West. With the globalization of world... --Read More

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