I won $10 in the Taiwan receipt lottery
Save your receipts for a chance to win half a million dollars…
Beautiful, dusty, historic Tainan
A 399-year-old city of 1.8 million, established by the Dutch, just 30 minutes from Kaohsiung by train…
Do you know all of your body measurements?
A question I didn’t expect on my walk home from the bank…
Open day at Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal
Thirteen years after its design won a global competition, the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal finally opened last week…
Of monkeys and mountains
Last week I visited Monkey Mountain three times, and saw plenty of monkeys…
Shopping on Peace Memorial Day
February 28 (‘228’) commemorates the massacre of up to 40,000 Taiwanese civilians and a four-decade period of “White Terror”…
Vacuuming my head after a $5.50 haircut
While I couldn’t find one of Taiwan’s infamous $5 street barbers, I got the next-best thing for just 50c more…
The woman who didn’t meow
And other short stories from my first six weeks in Taiwan…
Turquoise for Türkiye
For four days, Love River has been illuminated in turquoise to express sympathy and support for Türkiye…
My first encounter with the Taiwan health system
No, I didn’t fall off a scooter…
A trip to Baoshanerjituanyinghua Park
Or: a trip to the mountains to see cherry blossom…
Kaohsiung Lantern Festival
On the fifth day of Lunar New Year, Kaohsiung launched the annual Lantern Festival at Lotus Pond…