After the festival ended we had a day to chill out, topped off with a volunteer appreciation dinner. The next morning we took a taxi to Canggu, along with two of the friends we had made in Ubud: an Oregonian named Marley, and a girl from Hong Kong named Kirin. Canggu is a cool little …
Chinese New Year, of course, is a HUGE deal over here. Markets, parades, temples, and all sorts of exciting celebrations happen over about a weeks time. On CNYE, we were sitting in Brads apartment watching Mrs Doubtfire. When all of a sudden, we started hearing fireworks all over the city, which were so close they …
Yummy yummy yummy yummy FOOOOOD, glorious FooOoOooOOD!!! I have eaten so many things in the past three weeks that I have never heard of or seen before in my life. We’ve been saving up pictures to post and the time has come. On more than one occasion though, hunger got the better of us and …
This beautiful Sunday was spent walking through Yangmingshan Park and the surrounding Calla Lily flower gardens, followed by the most delicious dinner we have had in Taiwan thus far. After a few hours of adventuring, we sat down at a place called 故鄉 (Gù Xiāng) , which translates to “Home Town”. The meal began with some bottomless …