Category: Asia

Taroko National Park, Taiwan

11/21/2016

Should you go to Taiwan? Yes! Here’s why.

When I came to Taiwan in my twenties, I wasn’t coming for the joy of travel or the love of humanity or the desire to see the world and better myself. I came for piano lessons. I had moved from my home state of Texas to Michigan for grad school, and after a year my piano teacher got an exchange professorship to a Taiwanese university. A Taiwanese classmate and I decided to go to along to continue our piano lessons, and she invited me to live with her family. It was great! I studied piano, traveled the country, and taught ESL. I also fell in love with Taiwan.

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7 Reasons I'm Going to Go Back to Malaysia

11/11/2016

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Will I go back to Malaysia? Sure!

Here are my reasons.

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Dear Taiwan, Remember Me?

10/31/2016

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Dear Taiwan,

I don’t know if you remember me or not, but I visited in 1990. I just wanted to let you know I’ll be in the neighborhood and might drop by, if you’re not busy.

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Singapore

10/27/2016

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I think four days is just right for an exploratory trip to a new city, and it was just right for Singapore!

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Real Chinese Food

10/24/2016

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When I say Chinese food, I mean it.

I don’t mean that stuff you get in the rest of the world like beef-and-broccoli or fortune cookies or General Tso’s chicken. No Panda Express. No Asian Super Buffet. We will heretofore refer to that stuff as “Chinese food.” I mean Chinese food that you buy in China that Chinese people would recognize and eat. Chinese food. No quotation marks.

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Chinese Fancy Dinners

10/20/2016

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When you go to China, and you will someday, your Chinese friends will take you out for fancy dinners. That’s just what they do.

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Weird Things in Chinese Hotels

10/17/2016

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When we travel in China, we either stay in Airbnb apartments or nice hotels. China has many cheap places to stay, but you don’t want to stay there. Trust me.

In my experience, the Airbnb apartments are pretty standard, but the hotels have some interesting tricks up their sleeves. Some were more helpful than others.

Here are some things that I found during our most recent China trip.

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Forgiving China

10/13/2016

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There’s a rhythm to visiting China. It’s the rhythm of forgiveness.

China is overwhelming. And the only way to get through a China trip is to look for moments of real true joy, relish them, forgive the rest, and move on.

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Shanghai: Your Gateway Drug to China

10/10/2016

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Why is Shanghai a good place to go if you’re visiting China for the first time?

Because China is a big, fascinating, overwhelming place, and you need to start someplace that’s user-friendly. Shanghai’s your town.

Here are a few reasons why.

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