Happy Labor Day, everyone, even those of you stuck in countries that suspiciously moved Labor Day to a different month ( Read more... )

I only spent 48 hours in Kaohsiung, but in that time i tried to pack in as much local food as possible. Unfortunately my phone camera seems to have been taking less and less good pictures lately, so a lot of the photos came out blurry. Food is one of the great pleasures of traveling, though, so even bad photos of what i ate help to remind me of the ( Read more... )

This week has been bitterly cold in Taipei. I know that sounds kind of ridiculous to my North American friends under 4 feet of snow, or whatever, but i am supposed to be living on a Pacific island and goddamnit i should be able to wear flip-flops all year round ( Read more... )

It's another food meme, so of course i will do it! Check out thefridayfive for more.

1. What's your favorite fruit or vegetable to look at?That's a great question. I think i like to look at fruits that have interesting surfaces. Pineapples are pretty cool. But another cool one that's even better that i see a lot here in Taiwan is sugar apples, also known as ( Read more... )

It's a birthday miracle. I actually spoke to a real Taiwanese person for more than 5 minutes ( Read more... )

Looking back through my photos of Laos, i found 50 photos of various different foods, drinks and snacks. Some of them didn't come out great, in particular some of the noodle soups that were delivered to me with steam rising from the bowl, adding to the morning mist that blanketed the mountains. Others felt repetitive (how many noodles do you need ( Read more... )

This one was about food, so how could i not? Check out the comm on thefridayfive.

1. What's a food you liked when you were younger but don't anymore?I never really like-liked American-style junk food when i was younger, but i did eat it now and then. In particular i remember Hungry Jacks (aka Burger King) which i mostly ate when i was living in the Brisbane ( Read more... )

Literally. Scabies are a neverending pain in the ass ( Read more... )

Today it was pouring with rain due to typhoon Muifa, which is coming hot on the the heels of recently-passed typhoon Hinnamnor. Neither of them really hit Taiwan, but we got a lot of precipitation, which is a good thing because on a tropical island you need the rainfall to fill up drinking water reservoirs ( Read more... )

I hope this will be first of many Taiwan food posts. But there won't be one for a little while because tonight i fly to Switzerland for two weeks for a work trip. Then when i'm back i'm quarantining another week before returning back to regular life. Speaking of quarantine, i have to open this collection with a photo of one of the quarantine hotel ( Read more... )