The fare of Taiwan's indigenous people is unlike anything else you’ll experience here or anywhere else you explore while on your globe-trekking travels. Taiwan’s tribal specialties come to big-city Taipei…
Travel in TaiwanOctober 13, 2023
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Travel in TaiwanOctober 12, 2023
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Travel in TaiwanOctober 11, 2023
In this file we take you along the Pacific shore in friendly, easy-going Hualien County, moving south to north from Shitiping (“Stone Steps Platform”) to Qixingtan (“Seven Star Lake”) just…
Travel in TaiwanOctober 6, 2023
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Travel in TaiwanOctober 5, 2023
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Travel in TaiwanAugust 8, 2022
Easy to locate, lots of choices, everything cheap…. Taiwan’s night markets are uber popular with locals and foreign visitors alike. Most come for the wide variety of yummy snack foods…
Travel in TaiwanApril 22, 2022
Many of Taipei’s patisseries and cafés now offer fusion dessert options designed to intrigue both Eastern and Western palates alike, and for the foreign visitor, it’s a chance to taste…
Travel in TaiwanApril 11, 2022
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Travel in TaiwanFebruary 24, 2022
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