Stories about Travel in Taipei
Art, Culture and Candy: The Small Museums of TaipeiJoshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,407] Stuffed gorillas, miniaturized Vaticans and gigantic blocks of gold-encrusted nougat; diversity is the hallmark of any serious cultural journey...
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San-zhr Abandoned UFO Pod VillageCraig Ferguson - cfimages [233] The author explores an abandoned hotel/apartment complex on the north coast of Taiwan, said to be haunted by ghosts...
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Five Reasons to Spend Chinese New Year in TaipeiJoshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,407] Chinese New Year in Taipei? No, dear reader, We are neither drunk nor insane; While the Taiwanese have a reputation for being all business, when the business is holiday merrymaking, they go whole hog...
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Love Hotel EtiquetteJoshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,407] Author's Note: "Love Hotel Etiquette" Originally appeared as one of my weekly "Off the Rails" columns in The China Post. However, its inevitable that any long term traveller in any number of Asian...
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Your First Trip to Taiwan: A Suggested ItineraryDawn Stanton - dstanton [2,069] So you've decided to go to Taiwan! Or maybe you're considering it but want to research what the island has to offer before you make a final decision. Or maybe your employer is sending you there for...
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Remembering TaiwanStefan Chiarantano - schiarantano [2,714] I've enjoyed writing about my experiences in Japan and by doing so; it has sparked me to write about my year in Taiwan. Have you ever experienced here for there? I have had such moments. There have...
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Book Review: Keeping Up With the War God by Steven CrookCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,110] Part travelogue, part history book, and part cultural exposé, Keeping Up With the War God is an easy and entertaining read for anyone interested in piercing the veneer of modern-day Taiwan to delve a...
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Once 'Round the Little DragonIan Douglas - idouglas [705] Shaped like an autumn leaf, Taiwan fell from the boughs of Mainland China long ago, coming to rest on the Tropic of Cancer. Early western mariners named Taiwan "The Beautiful Island" (Formosa in...
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Nighthawks at the Night MarketJoshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,407] It was 11:30 PM, a cold front had just blown into Taipei, and I was in bad need of a second quilt. My cell phone was shot -dropped it one time too many. In this town, a freelancer without a cell phone...
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