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By Carrie on July 5, 2012
A travel tale of our journey from Tbilisi to the tiny mountain village of Kazbegi in the Caucasus Mountains, just a short 10km away from the Russian border.
Posted in Features, Georgia Travel Guide | Tagged Caucasus mountains, food and culture, Food and Drink, Georgia Travel Guide, Georgian supra, Gergeti, Kazbegi, Mountains, Short Stories, Travel Journal, Villages |
By Ava Apollo on December 27, 2011
This guest blog is by Ava Apollo. When she’s not writing for MSW, she’s blogging about adventure travel at bemytravelmuse.com. In the Xin Yi district of Taipei, home to the famous 101 skyscaper, immaculate residential mid-rises owned by the powerful and rich Taipei elite sit quietly amidst the buzz of one of the busiest intersections [...]
Posted in Cultural Travel, Features, Guest Authors, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Cultural Travel, Guest Authors, Reflections, Short Stories, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
By Ava Apollo on July 20, 2011
Ava’s journey in Taipei ends and she discusses the changes after moving back home.
Posted in DESTINATIONS, Expat Travel - Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Features, Guest Authors, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Guest Authors, Reflections, Short Stories, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
By Ava Apollo on July 6, 2011
Self realization: Studying abroad brings more challenges forth than you ever think it will. Life will be changed, and there may be rough patches, but stick with me through the rest of the story. It was all worth it, in the end. I promise.
Posted in Expat Travel - Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Features, Guest Authors, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Guest Authors, Reflections, Short Stories, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
By Ava Apollo on June 22, 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, click here. Winter was an exciting time in Taipei for a few reasons; it was nearly time for lunar new year, it was too cold for mosquitoes to keep tormenting [...]
Posted in Blog, DESTINATIONS, Expat Travel - Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Features, Guest Authors, Taiwan Travel Guide, Travel Advice | Tagged Asia, Family, Guest Authors, Islands, Reflections, Short Stories, Taipei, Travel Advice |
By Ava Apollo on June 2, 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, click here. Opening tangent: I realize I’ve lagged tremendously on posting this installment. I know it sounds odd, but every time I sit down to write, all kinds of emotions [...]
Posted in Expat Travel - Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Features, Guest Authors, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide, Teach and Travel - Teach Abroad! | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Guest Authors, Mountains, Reflections, Short Stories, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
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 [...]
Posted in Expat Travel - Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Features, Guest Authors, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Food and Drink, Guest Authors, Languages, Reflections, Short Stories, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
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, Expat Travel - Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Features, Guest Authors, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide, Travel Advice | Tagged Asia, Bloggers, Cultural Observations, Guest Authors, Short Stories, Student Writers, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
By Ava Apollo on January 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. Anyone who has lived abroad has gone through a series of self-realizations and glorious light bulb moments of “I can do it!”. As most people will say of their time abroad, with a sigh and a look [...]
Posted in DESTINATIONS, Expat Travel - Self Realizations from Living Abroad, Features, Guest Authors, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide, Teach and Travel - Teach Abroad! | Tagged Cultural Observations, Food and Drink, Guest Authors, Reflections, Short Stories, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
By Carrie on December 31, 2009
On my way to train station, I have a most unexpected adventure with a cab driver who performs a last random act of kindness in 2009.
Posted in Features, Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Holidays, New Year's Eve, People, Short Stories, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide, Writing |
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