Taiwan Coast to Coast Ride
Inspired by a episode from the Global Cycling Network, where they ride from UK’s west to the east coast in one day, we decided to do our own Taiwanese Coast to Coast. Especially the...
Category: Taiwan
Taiwan: coffee or tea?
When people think of Taiwan, Oolong tea might be one of the first things that comes to mind. Taiwan has a long history with tea and just outside of the capital Taipei, many teafields...
Yangmingshan 3 peaks challenge
On Sunday 10 January 2021, we participated in the “Never stop – Yangmingshan three peaks challenge”, a very well organized event in which you go up Yangmingshan mountain near Taipei three times. As it’s...
Why Taiwan?
“Why Taiwan”, is a question we often get asked while meeting new people and connecting with co-workers, but also randomly when travelling around Taiwan. It’s a question that makes sense, people want to know...
Buddha’s hand a.k.a The devils hand
A must do for cyclists in the Taipei area. An insane rout that will take you up and around Yangmingshan National park, in 5 of the beaten track climbs. We did this during summer,...
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...
Why we don’t cook ;)
Even though we experienced some mild earthquakes and saw what rainy season can truly be like, Taiwan has treated us well so far and we experienced a lot of good things. We’ve been exploring...
“Tea, dehydration and bathroom tiles”
Since we’ve moved to Taipei in the beginning of January we really enjoy living in Taiwan. We get to learn more and more about this small, interesting and beautiful tea loving nation and to...
Here we go…
This time we won’t go travelling for a few days, weeks or maybe months…this time we are going to live abroad! Viola will start with a PhD project at the National Taiwan Normal University...
