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A Look At Taiwan’s Historical & Cultural Jiufen
I have heard a lot about Jiufen in Northern Taiwan. It was once a prosperous mining town that experienced a tourism boom in 1989, when Ang Li, the Taiwanese film-maker (think Brokeback Mountain), made...
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Quaint Jiufen in the Mountains of Northern Taiwan
You only need to visit Jiufen once to see the magic in this place. A small village situated in the mountains of Northern Taiwan, Jiufen is located in the Ruifang District of New Taipei City. The...
View ArticleA Useful Guide to Hot Springs in Taiwan
Wulai is an aboriginal village in Northern Taipei about an hour outside of Taipei. It is best known for its natural hot springs and Atayal aboriginal culture, and I consider it to be among the most...
View ArticleNorthern Taiwan’s Less Traditional Lantern Festival
The National lantern festival is in Zhubei, this year. The lantern festival is a traditional holiday that occurs two weeks after Chinese New Year. There are actually two things of importance that...
View ArticleFlorentijn Hofman’s Giant Duck Arrives In Northern Taiwan
I’ve been reading about this giant rubber duck for a while, now ever since I first read about it when it was in Sydney, Australia in 2007. The duck, created by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn...
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