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Taipei- first things first…
So I’m in Taiwan. Taipei, to be exact. My first impressions? It’s stupendously hot, it’s humid, it’s busy, it’s fragrant…I think I’m falling a little in love- already. The hotel I’m in is lush. Les...
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High Tea…
It’s completely silent. Well, except for the sound of cicadas drifting up from the valley floor, and except for the sound of the wind whistling through the half open ventilation windows. Beneath my...
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Taiwan eats- part 1…
tomatoes in plum juice There’s two food carts that set up each morning outside the hotel I’m staying in. they’re only there for the breakfast commuter trade. One sells pan fried pork buns, filled with...
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Friday Five: The Taipei Edition…
the ball thing that centres Taipei 101 So anyways, I’ve been wandering around this city for five days now and have to say I’ve fallen more than a little in love. I understand very little, I’m doing a...
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How to eat…Xiao Long Bao
You all know the story of a man named Jed? A poor mountain man who barely kept his family fed? Then one day when shooting for some food, up from the ground flowed some bubbling crude…oil, that is… You...
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Jiufen…
Once upon a time, in a village high in the mountains in North East Taiwan, with the sea far below, lived nine families. These families were very happy, but they all had one problem in common- it was...
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Friday Five: The Taipei Temple Edition…
I’m a bit of a sucker for a Taoist temple…and one with red lanterns, a dragon or two and some carvings? I’m there. Some chanting and a fountain? I’m your girl. waterfall at Longshan Temple Anyways, my...
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2013- the wrap up…
So, that was 2013. Here’s how it panned out… Top 5 wow days In date order… Lunch at Fort Denison Wine tasting in Queenstown A run to Paradise…yep, Queenstown again Dancing to Asian pop music and...
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