Hey folks, I would like to first thank you guys for reading my rants, reflections, and regrets throughout this entire experience. I know I can really be an asshole but I would say I had a pinch of golden moments. Although I am very eager…
Day 10 On election day, I awoke with nothing to do before a flight back to ol’ Seoul. Today was very important for the Taiwanese and it appeared that so many had left for the booths early as the morning was much quieter than previous…
*Names of sites were not written down in my trip through Tainan, please excuse my ignorance as I work through memory* Day 8 The road to 臺南 (Tainan) involved a lot of slowly elaborated Mandarin and chilling on a bus for God knows how long. What…
Day 7 After the long day yesterday, could you blame me for waking up a tad later than usual? I thought not. Well, I decided after three days from mountains and natural beauty, it was about time to appreciate man-made art. To the 台北市立美術館 (Taipei Fine…
Day 6 The cool thing about this break compared to my previous one was that this time around all the Light Fellows in Korea were basically all at one place. In turn, we had the same vacation time. Miriam ended hanging around Taiwan the same…
Day 5 Dude, tired could not describe my situation. An all-nighter plus climbing three mountains was far from my idea of the relaxing time I planned on spending in Taiwan. But man, was it pretty incredible. Well, that’s basically what I thought before I went…
Day 4 I got a handful of hours of sleep in me. I had plans fall through, which led to my chaotic sleep schedule. You know, whatever for adventure. The coming crazies aside, today looked like it was going to be a good day. Like…
Day 3 So my Singaporean hostel roommate gave me some tips on where to visit in Taiwan. He spent a month backpacking all around Taiwan. He travelled the entire coastline, through numerous mountains, and through the plains. As a backpacker, it was hard not to…
Day 1 My experience in Shanghai was a real lowball. With that in mind, I probably had an overly positive view of Taiwan off the bat, but the friendliness of many of the Taiwanese I came across, compared to the folks back in Shanghai, really…