11:30PM Friday evening eight of us piled into the van for yet another weekend excursion. Monday was Moon Festival, which means that we actually had a three-day weekend and the opportunity to travel outside of northern Taiwan.   By sunrise, we had made it to the southeastern coast of Taiwan …

After finishing another long Saturday teaching in Longtan, I made my way through the small town to find my favorite tea shop and mexican stand. I met up with Benjamin, the owner of the tea shop, who introduced me to a friend of his, Mr. Su. Mr. Su knows people …

Began the week with a quick day trip to Taipei with Katie to see the Bodies Exhibit. I’ve been wanting to see this for years, so I was quite excited to finally make it happen. Pretty cool stuff, although I left feeling slightly depressed. The theme seemed to be, when …

Last weekend a small group of us visited a town east of Taipei by the name of Pinglin, literally meaning “forest on level ground!” Sweet! After a 45 minutes bus ride from Taipei we arrived. First stop was to visit the world’s largest tea museum and learn everything one could …