On our trip to Taiwan, we went to Ximending, the popular shopping district, not once, but twice. The first time was to have dinner there after we had wished on floating lanterns in Shifen. We were awed by what greeted us when we stepped off the train. It was familiar, like something I had seen […]

On our third day in Taiwan, we booked a half day tour that started out with Nanya rock formations and ended up at Jiufen old street, the most prosperous shopping district in Taiwan. The place was densely packed with shops and shoppers alike. Normally I hate crowds but there was so much interesting stuff to […]

Today’s Travel Tuesday post will be short and sweet… as sweet as ice cream that resembles some of the rock formations we saw in Taiwan! 🍦 On our third day in Taiwan, we booked a half day tour which included a van, our own driver, and an English speaking tour guide who was way too […]

On our third day in Taiwan, we were booked for a half day tour, so we decided not to waste the first half of the day by checking out an attraction near our hotel, the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Park. It was really quite gorgeous, with lots of beautiful buildings and landscapes. Wouldn’t you agree? […]

Hi there wanderlusters! (Is this a word? There’s a red squiggly line underneath it, so I’m guessing… no. I’m keeping it there, though.) Have you seen the movie Tangled? It’s the animated movie about Rapunzel and I really loved that film because it’s so hilarious and heartwarming. In said movie, Rapunzel’s biggest dream was to […]