Our new home: Japan!
A few weeks ago we landed in Nagasaki, our new home for a while. Many people want to visit Japan to experience its unique culture and beautiful nature, but it’s less likely they’ll end...
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How sustainable tourism can help revive underpopulated regions of Japan
Three PhD students from the NTNU – Elok, Wan-Jou, and Viola – recently joined the Sakura Science Research Exchange program, which was fully funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). This program...
Summiting Taiwan’s Highest Peak in a Single Day
When you’re pressed for time, but still want to do a high mountain hike or just when getting a multi day permit for Jade mountain is difficult, there is an option to hike up...
Exploring new heights
Yes, we’re making good progress on our PhDs, and of course, we have a million adventure plans, but none are set in stone. In the meantime, we’re happily enjoying our time in Taiwan with...
The Wulai Historic Cross Trails: Hidden Gems south of Taipei
Three scienic historical trails can be found within an hour of Taipei, but unfortunately, it can be challenging to find comprehensive information about these trails online; translations from the websites made by the Taiwan...
Hiking Kumano Kodo in winter (Nakahechi route)
Japan has many long-distance trails with great history, but one stood out for us in particular; the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail. The Kumano Kodo is a pilgrimage network along the steep mountain ridges...
Update from Taiwan – Who are we? Where are we going? What are we doing?
On this rainy Sunday afternoon, we finally decided to write a short recap of last year. It has been a while, but what can we say? The life of a PhD student can be ...
Oh Oh Taiwan !?
the most dangerous place on earth the Economist Until recently Taiwan was praised as one of the few countries in the world that had dealt with the COVID-19 crisis in a timely way, and...
Happy new, new year
We are one year in Taiwan today, what a year it has been! The year of the pig that is, which is almost about to change…we’re getting ready for the year of the rat...
(hot hot hot) Summer in Taiwan
This summer, sometimes it crossed our minds that we made a big mistake…staying in Taiwan during summer. Not because Taiwan is so awful or there’s nothing to do, but because of the insane humidity...
