Guest post by Jonathan Baggs Sun Moon Lake Sun Moon Lake is one of the most popular destinations in Taiwan for visitors and locals. The lake is the largest in the country at just under 8 square kms and is…
Temples of Tainan
Guest Post by Cheryl Williams Lanterns We arrived in Tainan mid-day, and after ditching our bags at our hotel we headed to a nearby park for some bubble tea and yahtzee while we waited for our rooms to be ready.…
One Giant Easy Cycling Trip- Haulien to Taitung
Haulien Logistics When reading about Taiwan, the East Coast always came up as the most scenic. With the country known for cycling, doing a three day cycling trip on the east coast seemed like the perfect way to explore it.…
A Gorge-ous View: Hiking and Camping in Toroko in the Rain
One of the top destinations to visit in Taiwan is Taroko Gorge in Taroko National Park. The gorge runs between steep mountains, up to 3000m high, with a small river running through it. While doing our research, we realized the…
Dark Days in Jiufen
Up early as we were still on Canadian time, we had a leisurely breakfast from 7/11 (actually really good coffee including lattes for about $2, which would quickly become a staple), we walked to the main train station in Taipei…
Getting to Taipei
Lessons Learned from Brazil Last year, Marieke and Jon showed up a day late to Brazil, due to weather getting out of Newfoundland and Montreal. This year, they decided to lower the chances of that by building in two overnight…
Chapada Diamantina National Park
Guest post by Jonathan Baggs One of the places I was really interested in visiting in Brazil was Chapada Diamantina National Park. The park is known for its steep, rock face cliffs leading to deep valleys and there are lots…
Fernando de Noronha- Paradise on a Budget?
Catching up on blog posts from our last trip…Taiwan ones coming soon! Where? When initially planning our trip, one of the big questions was around Fernando de Noronha- should we go? Located about 350 Kilometres off the northeast coast of…
Historic Olinda, Downtown Recife, and Suburban Shopping
Spacious Apartment After our little house in Pipa Beach, we moved into a ridiculously large apartment just outside of Olinda and Recife. Olinda is the historic, somewhat rundown part of the larger region of Recife, while Recife is the central…
Pipa Beach
Little House in Pipa Despite considerable beach time already, we were still ready for more. The easy two hour journey from Natal turned into one of our worst, as we had to take a small, non-air conditioned bus in extremely…