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Self Realizations from Living Abroad: Chance Encounters

By Ava Apollo on April 28, 2011

This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. When she’s not writing for MSW, she’s blogging about adventure travel at bemytravelmuse.com. For the previous post in this series, please click here. Via a few texts back and forth (nobody in Asia actually talks on the phone, we just text, it’s just what we do over there. God forbid [...]

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Shanghai Cityscape: Photo Essay on Urban Architecture in Shanghai

By Carrie on April 27, 2011

Photo essay on urban architecture in Shanghai’s Pudong District. Photos include Jin Mao Tower, Bank of China Building, and Shanghai World Financial Center, among others.

Posted in China, Features, Photography | Tagged Asia, Asian skyscapers, China, cityscapes, Cultural Observations, Photo Essay, Photography, Shanghai, Shanghai cityscape, Travel Photography, urban architecture | 14 Responses

Self Realizations from Living Abroad: Meeting Fellow Expats

By Ava Apollo on April 13, 2011

This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. When she’s not writing for MSW, she’s blogging about adventure travel at bemytravelmuse.com. Click here for the previous post in this series. After the typhoon blew through Taipei, life returned to normal. Classes resumed, and I had spent a considerable amount of time working on my assignment: giving my classmates [...]

Posted in DESTINATIONS, Features, Guest Authors, Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Taipei, Taiwan | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Cultural Observations, Guest Authors, Taipei, Taiwan | 2 Responses

Self Realizations from Living Abroad: Typhoons?

By Ava Apollo on April 5, 2011

This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. When she’s not writing for MSW, she’s blogging about adventure travel at bemytravelmuse.com. For the previous post in this series, please click here. It was time. Time to shut the windows. Time to huddle inside. Time to stock up on foodstuffs. Most of all, it was time to stock up [...]

Posted in DESTINATIONS, Features, Guest Authors, Lifestyles, Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Taipei, Taiwan, Teach and Travel, Travel | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Guest Authors, Taipei, Taiwan | 9 Responses

Rainy Season in Borneo, Flash Floods, and Why You Should Always Drive A Pickup

By Carrie on March 31, 2011

A flash flood in Kota Kinabalu during rainy season in Borneo leaves motorists stranded on the road. Not us, though. My husband decides to drive through it!

Posted in Adventure Travel, Blog, Borneo, Features, Malaysia | Tagged Asia, Asia road trips, Borneo, Kota Kinabalu, Road Trips, Travel, travel Borneo, Travel Journal, travel tales | 7 Responses

Self-Realizations from Living Abroad: I Can Eat Anything

By Ava Apollo on March 11, 2011

This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. When she’s not writing for MSW, she’s blogging about adventure travel at bemytravelmuse.com. For the previous post in this series, please click here. The fall had fallen on Taipei. This made me particularly happy because now, I could wear pants and limit the area available to mosquitoes to just my [...]

Posted in Features, Guest Authors, Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Taipei, Taiwan, Teach and Travel | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Cultural Observations, Food and Drink, Guest Authors, Taipei, Taiwan | 10 Responses

Taiwanese Street Food: A Guide To Eating Out in Taiwan’s Nightmarkets

By Carrie on March 9, 2011

A glutton’s complete guide to Taiwanese street food and eating out in Taiwan’s nightmarkets.

Posted in Culture, Features, How To, Taipei, Taiwan, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Asian street food, Food and Drink, Night Markets, Photography, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan nightmarkets, Taiwanese culture, Taiwanese food, Travel Photography, Wander, Wanderfood Wednesday

Self-Realizations from Living Abroad: I’m A Giant

By Ava Apollo on February 24, 2011

This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. When she’s not writing for MSW, she’s blogging about adventure travel at bemytravelmuse.com. For the previous post in this series, please click here. The next few weeks were a blur of new and exciting things. I had a room in an apartment, and a well-connected roommate who served as the link [...]

Posted in DESTINATIONS, Features, Guest Authors, Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Cultural Observations, Guest Authors, Short Stories, Student Writers, Taipei, Taiwan | 5 Responses

Learn Chinese with Peggy Lee (32): Sentence Pattern for When and While

By Carrie on February 21, 2011

Peggy Teaches Chinese: Learn Chinese in 10 minutes a day! Today’s lesson is an intermediate Chinese Lesson on the sentence pattern for when and while.

Posted in Culture, Features, Learn Chinese | Tagged "Peggy Teaches Chinese", Asia, Languages, learn Chinese, Taiwan | 1 Response