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By Ava Apollo on November 24, 2011
This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. The term “citizen of the world,” or “global citizen,” gets thrown around often in the travel community. It sometimes seems as though it is used as a rite of passage into the “club” populated by those who fancy themselves part of the jet-setter elite, from nomads who are constantly [...]
Posted in Blog, Features, Guest Authors, Lifestyles, Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Travel | Tagged Bloggers, Cultural Observations, Culture, Education, Guest Authors, Reflections |
By Ava Apollo on September 21, 2011
This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. I had full blown reverse culture shock when I moved home from Taipei. I’m talking sleepless nights, forgetfulness as to how to operate a vehicle, the feeling that nobody cared I was back, the whole shebang. Yes, I just said “shebang”. The only thing is, I had no [...]
Posted in Culture, Features, Guest Authors | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Cultural Observations, Culture, Culture Shock, Guest Authors, Reflections, Taipei, Taiwan |
By Carrie on July 28, 2011
Guest post by Todd Anderson: Living in a culture as different as Japan’s can be challenging for many Americans. I lived in Japan for six months during my junior year of college…
Posted in Features, Guest Authors, How To, Japan | Tagged Asia, Cultural Observations, Culture, Guest Authors, living in Asia, people living in slums, study abroad, teach abroad, teach in Japan, Travel Japan |
By Carrie on July 5, 2011
Photo essay from the Fourth of July Parade in Richfield, Minnesota.
Posted in Features, Photography, USA | Tagged Canon 400D, Cultural Observations, Friends, Holidays, John, parades, Photo Essay, Photography, USA |
By Carrie on May 2, 2011
Travel Borneo: The deep resonating sounds of handmade gongs resonate through the air as we enter Kampung Sumangkap Gong Making Factory in Kudat, Sabah in Borneo Malaysia.
Posted in Borneo, Culture, Features | Tagged Asia road trips, Asian art, Asian handicrafts, Borneo, Cultural Observations, Kampung Sumangkap Gong Making Factory, Kota Kinabalu, Kudat, Road Trips, Sabah, travel Borneo, Travel Photography |
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 |
By Ava Apollo on April 13, 2011
Today’s guest blog is written by Ava Apollo – a lover of travel and all things purple. 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 details [...]
Posted in DESTINATIONS, Features, Guest Authors, Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Taipei, Taiwan | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Cultural Observations, Guest Authors, Taipei, Taiwan |
By Carrie on April 6, 2011
City Series: Toronto Cityscape – Five snapshots from a day spent wandering downtown Toronto in July 2010.
Posted in Canada, Features, Photography | Tagged Canada, Cultural Observations, downtown Toronto, Museums, North American, Photo Essay, Photo Moment, Photographers, Photography, Skyscrapers, Toronto, Toronto skyscrapers |
By Carrie on March 27, 2011
MSW interviews Rich Matheson, a cultural and editorial photographer in Taiwan who has been featured in publications such as CNN Traveler and Taiwan Fun.
Posted in Features, Lifestyles, Photography, Taiwan | Tagged Cultural Observations, cultural photography, editorial photography, Interviews, People, Photographers, Photography, Rich Matheson photography, Taiwan Photographers, Taiwanese culture, Temples, Travel Photography |
By Ava Apollo on March 11, 2011
Today’s guest blog is written by Ava Apollo – a lover of travel and a social media blogger at Super Blogettes 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 [...]
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 |
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