Bitoujiao Trail: How to Hike Taiwan’s Prettiest Coastal Walk
Bitoujiao Trail is a short, relatively easy hike with stunning coastal scenery. While there are several others like it, I ...
Sanfong Central Street: Kaohsiung’s Traditional Goods Market
Sanfong Central Street is a covered traditional market street where Kaohsiung locals go to purchase bulk dried foods (乾貨) like ...
Sanfong Temple: Kaohsiung’s Gorgeous Canopy of Red Lanterns
Sanfong Temple in Kaohsiung is one of the most beautiful temples in Taiwan. This is thanks in no small part ...
Hiking with Macaques on Monkey Mountain (Shoushan), Kaohsiung
Shoushan (壽山, also called Chaishan) is a mountain in Kaohsiung city. Owing to its large population of resident macaques, most ...
Yushan National Park: 3 Hikes You Can Do Without a Permit
Most people visit Yushan National Park (玉山國家公園), the largest land-based national park in Taiwan, to do the Yushan Main Peak ...
Ten Drum Cultural Village: Tainan’s Fantasy-Drum Experience
Ten Drum Cultural Village in Tainan is a truly one-of-a-kind attraction in Taiwan. Imagine yourself in my shoes: I’m strolling ...
I Was Awed by Shuiyuan Rainbow Suspension Bridge in Nantou
Taiwan is obsessed with suspension bridges. There are dozens of them across the country (read about another famous one, Taiping ...
A Guide to Sun Link Sea (Shanlinxi) Forest Recreation Area
Shanlinxi (杉林溪) is a hidden gem in Taiwan. Its name is often poetically translated to English as the phonetically similar ...
Don’t Miss Hohocha Tea Center near Sun Moon Lake in Nantou!
Hohocha is a gorgeous tea center in Sun Moon Lake region of Nantou county, Central Taiwan. The zen-inspired facility showcases ...
9 Meaningful Ways to Experience Indigenous Culture in Taiwan
Many visitors to Taiwan want to experience Taiwanese indigenous culture. However, most Indigenous villages in Taiwan are remote and not ...
Hot Springs and Camping with Bunnies in Jianshi District, Hsinchu
Jianshi district (尖石鄉) is a remote, mountainous district of Hsinchu county in northwestern Taiwan. One of my family’s favorite weekend ...
Neiwan Old Street: Sampling Hakka Foods in Hsinchu County
Neiwan Old Street (內灣老街) in Hsinchu county is one of my personal favorite old streets in Taiwan. This is a ...