Dinner In Taiwan, It’s Good Food!

October 4, 2008 Posted by Chris

Since I first arrived about a month ago I’ve been taking pictures of the food I’ve ordered while at restaurants. The main reason behind this is I’m really, really surprised at the lack of emphasis on how food is presented, but I think that it’s just because I’m expecting to see a ‘western style’ presentation [...]

Posted: October 4, 2008 under Blog Related 4 Comments

Mountain Climbing and Hiking In Daken

September 8, 2008 Posted by Chris

Central 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 [...]

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Mooncake Festival 2008

September 5, 2008 Posted by Chris

This 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 [...]

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