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Hong Kong Island is Condensed

I’m in Hong Kong. The drive over from the airport—gorgeous. Hong Kong is a small island or a small nation, a small country that’s on the southern tip, I would say, of China and where the area is that Hong Kong occupies,... Read more

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A walk in yangmingshan park

Well, today I went to Yangmingshan Park. It’s the national park here in Taiwan. When someone says, let’s go for a walk in the park, you usually say yes. In fact, I would say yes nearly all the time. I still would... Read more

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Admiring the sunset in Jeifun

Day number three in a row where I’m telling you about my daily journeys. I can’t help but to be exploring these places and seeing these things. I’m so excited about all these interesting things that I saw, and today was no... Read more

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Making a Caribbean friend in Taiwan

Another day, another hot pot. I finally have a chance to settle down. It’s been my birthday, and I’ve spent the last few days enjoying so much of life and enjoying time with my friends, new friends, and seeing a little bit... Read more

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Taiwan historical and natural wonders

He TIRED!!, I’m tired. It’s been an eventful few days, and I’m so excited, my birthday’s coming up, so I’ve actually been more out of the house, out of the apartment, and exploring and seeing things, and taking time away from the... Read more

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Everyday Life: IKEA in taipei

Hello, Sunday. What a wonderful weekend it has been. I’ve been doing a lot of clubbing.  I’ve gone out both last night and the night before. Not only that, but I really enjoyed seeing some of the great places around the town.... Read more

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Taipei Night markets and the metro system

Market, market, market, selling, selling, selling. Here in Ximending, one of the things that stand out to me, are the fact that the majority of the places are shops. Everything is a shop, there’s markets everywhere—everyone’s selling something. There’s always a constant... Read more

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Taiwan hotpot is my favorite

Nǐ hǎo: That’s how you say hi in Chinese. I’m here in Taiwan, and I’m having such an amazing time. I’ve got to tell you, it’s a little bit loud. Not only that, but I’m at somewhere where there’s a balcony so... Read more

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Hello Taiwan

It’s been a long two days—I have made it to Taiwan.  It’s been a very hard transition to my time here in Taiwan. The first thing was the flight. I got a discount flight which connected in Shanghai and I didn’t think... Read more

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Preparing to be a Nomad

The summer’s been so much of a nightmare—I’ve decided. I’ve decided to become a nomad again. I had decided before, but everything is coming together now. I pulled the trigger and bought the ticket.  The next few days, I spent dealing with... Read more