Taiwanese Food Is Not Chinese Food
September 11, 2008 Posted by ChrisHaving been in Taiwan for a few weeks now, I must say that the food here is nothing that I could have expected. The US and Europe have a certain taste of chinese food and that’s all that I’ve had my entire life. From what I know, that taste of Chinese food comes from a [...]
Mountain Climbing and Hiking In Daken
September 8, 2008 Posted by ChrisCentral Taiwan is a very mountainous area and there are several awesome trails to take if you are an avid mountaineer or backpacker. Most of the trails are actually not that bad. The longest one that we saw was about 10 kilometers. You do need to be careful when choosing a trail to follow because [...]
Mooncake Festival 2008
September 5, 2008 Posted by ChrisThis festival is quite an ancient one, being celebrated for almost 3,000 years now. This celebration was actually early and is more of a “pre-mooncake festival”. Throughout Taiwan they celebrate on different days depending on people’s schedules mostly. I went to this one with a group of students and we really had a blast. We [...]
