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29/03/2019

I will miss you, Vietnam. Maybe not your traffic or your summer-in-Taipei-like weather. I'm also not going to miss walking down the "backpacker street" on my way to get delicious coconut ice cream. But all the other stuff, I'll definitely miss.

27/03/2019

I'm in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam this week! Formerly known as Saigon, HCMC is a beautiful place with a ton of history (and food!) that I'm excited to explore over the next few days. I don't have much to report yet, since I'm still getting used to the area (including how to cross the road, which is like real life high speed Frogger). [ 473 more words ]

I’m in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam this week! Formerly known as Saigon, HCMC is a beautiful place with a ton of history (and food!) that I’m excited to explore over the next few days. I d…

08/03/2019

國際婦女節快樂!

It’s International Women’s Day! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how this day is celebrated and what it means for people who don’t fall neatly within the traditional ge…

08/02/2019

新年快樂！ Happy Lunar New Year!

Last year around this time, we had no idea what to expect on Lunar New Year. This year was different.

29/01/2019

Happy Taiwaniversary to us!

How do you measure a year?

16/01/2019

I'm exploring Taichung today and tomorrow! First stop: Rainbow Village. Check out a few of my favorite shots so far!

14/01/2019

There's a cute Chinese idiom that goes rén shān rén hǎi 人山人海. The literally translation doesn't make any sense, but it basically means "a lot of people; as many as are from the mountains to the sea." Hence, rén shān rén hǎi: people mountain, people sea. The eastern Taiwanese city of Hualien is nestled in between the Central Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean. [ 1,394 more word ]

There’s a cute Chinese idiom that goes rén shān rén hǎi 人山人海. The literally translation doesn’t make any sense, but it basically means “a lot of people; as many as are from the m…

13/01/2019

我2019年的第一次遠足! 看一看! (照片在最後😘)

For my first hike of 2019 (and my first ever solo hike!), I climbed to the highest point in Taipei City and the tallest (dormant) volcano in all of Taiwan.

13/01/2019

My first hike of 2019! Check it out! (pics are at the end 😘)

For my first hike of 2019 (and my first ever solo hike!), I climbed to the highest point in Taipei City and the tallest (dormant) volcano in all of Taiwan.