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Bridge Across the Ocean

By Twelli October 12, 2021 Biking, Books, Featured, North Taiwan, Penghu National Scenic Area 0 Comments
This website is mainly about presenting Taiwan as a travel destination. Occasionally we do introduce new books related to traveling in Taiwan, for example the latest Lonely Planet Taiwan. This is the first time we cover a fictional story, the novel...
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How to Eat Well in Taipei

By Rick Charette October 1, 2021 Featured, Food, North Taiwan, Rick Charette 0 Comments
Three Michelin-Starred Culinary Stars TEXT / RICK CHARETTEPHOTOS / VISION “‘Delicious food’ has always been one of the main attractions for international tourists coming to Taiwan. Taiwan’s rich and diverse local ingredients and cooking skills have shaped our colorful food culture....
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Ryan Hevern & the Great Taiwan Outdoors

By Rick Charette September 29, 2021 Featured, Hiking, People, Rick Charette 0 Comments
A Love of Nature Explored through Hiking, Photography, and Eco-Protection Work TEXT | RICK CHARETTEPHOTOS | RYAN HEVERN Expat Californian Ryan Hevern has a love for the great outdoors that constantly keeps him on the go. In Taiwan for six-and-a-half years...
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Let’s Head to Lalashan!

By Rick Charette September 27, 2021 Featured, North Taiwan, Rick Charette, Taoyuan City, Top Trips, Travel 0 Comments
Glory Days in High-Mountain Country TEXT / RICK CHARETTEPHOTOS / RAY CHANG Lalashan is a popular tourist destination in the high-mountain region of north Taiwan. It’s in Taoyuan City’s far south, a region populated by rugged, brawny mountain giants. Both indigenous...
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Fun Day Tripping in Daxi and Longtan

By Rick Charette September 17, 2021 Featured, North Taiwan, Rick Charette, Travel 0 Comments
On the Taoyuan Plateau, in the Dahan River Valley, among the Taoyuan Low Mountains TEXT / RICK CHARETTEPHOTOS / VISION How does this sound? A cool walk through a long pedestrian-only mountain tunnel. A long town-center walkabout around a “dragon-inhabited” lake....
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A Hakka Country Living Museum

By Rick Charette September 3, 2021 Featured, Hsinchu County, North, Rick Charette 0 Comments
Three Hill-Country Hakka Neighbors: Zhudong, Beipu, and Nanpu TEXT / RICK CHARETTEPHOTOS / CHEN CHENG-KUO, VISION The hill country of northwest Taiwan is Hakka country. The Hakka are a Han Chinese minority people with a distinctive culture, deep-rooted traditions, and especially...
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Stone Gate Reservoir

By Twelli August 27, 2021 Biking, Featured, North, Taoyuan City 0 Comments
Shimen Reservoir in Taoyuan City, once the largest reservoir in the Far East, is a remarkable site. It was one of Taiwan’s great industrial achievements of the post-WWII era, greatly improving the lives of farmers in the island’s northwest. It also...
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Penghu Cultural Travel Year

By Twelli August 3, 2021 Featured, Islands, Penghu National Scenic Area 0 Comments
Penghu has had an important position on sea navigation routes since ancient times. Landings by the Dutch, French, Japanese, and Chinese in succession and the mix of these four influences bestowed the Penghu archipelago its rich history and culture. Among the...
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The A Style Alike Blog

By Rick Charette July 20, 2021 Featured, Food, Rick Charette, Taipei City 0 Comments
A Style Alike, the lifestyle blog of two young South African ladies who have been living in Taipei well over a decade now, is an invaluable guide for living well and living chic in the city, also covering places beautiful further...
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Taiwan, “Foodie Paradise”

By Twelli July 16, 2021 Featured, Food, Rick Charette 0 Comments
What follows is a tasty romp and chomp through four stations of the vast, seemingly limitless Taiwan kitchen: traditional breakfast choices, rice-based hot snacks, beef noodles, and night-market icons. As Taiwan has gained its now-global reputation as a “foodie paradise,” more...
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North Taiwan on a Budget

By Rick Charette July 15, 2021 Featured, Hotels, North Taiwan, Rick Charette, Taipei City 0 Comments
TEXT / RICK CHARETTE The tourism industry in Taipei (and Taiwan) has flourished over the past two decades, putting the city firmly on the international backpacking map of choicest destinations, especially in East Asia. Ever more budget-accommodation enterprises have opened up,...
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Small Cultural-Creative Travels

By Rick Charette July 14, 2021 Featured, North Taiwan, Rick Charette, Taoyuan City 0 Comments
“Tourist days in Taoyuan City …. WHY?”My dear readers, let me explain! Not so long ago, this would be something readily expressed both by local and in-the-know foreign travelers. No more. The “Taoyuan City” brand is becoming a tourism marketer’s dream....
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A HSINCHU Journey

By Rick Charette July 13, 2021 Featured, Hsinchu County, North Taiwan, Rick Charette, Top Trips 0 Comments
From the sky-searching, thick mountains that define its deep interior all the way down right to water’s edge along its Taiwan Strait coast, the Hsinchu region is beautiful hill country – in most areas away from the coast well forested and...
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Along the Dahan River

By Twelli July 7, 2021 Biking, Featured, North Taiwan, Taoyuan City 0 Comments
The town of Yingge in New Taipei City is well known as Taiwan’s most important center for ceramics production. The town of Daxi in Taoyuan City is well known for its Old Street area and dried tofu. Both settlements sit on...
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First-Class Beef Noodles

By Owain Mckimm June 7, 2021 Featured, Food, North, Owain Mckimm, Taipei City 0 Comments
Opening a small restaurant serving one’s native cuisine has been done by many a foreigner trying to carve out a long-term niche for themselves in Taiwan. Far more uncommon, however, is for a foreigner to take on the challenge of serving...
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Feeling Free

By Twelli June 7, 2021 Dapeng Bay National Scenic Area, Featured, Owain Mckimm, Pingtung County, South Taiwan, Travel 0 Comments
Quitting the rat race to live on a tropical island is many a city worker’s dream. Few, however, ever find the courage to truly make the leap and leave the creature comforts of life in the big city. California native Ray...
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