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 [...]
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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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By Carrie on April 19, 2011
The Taiwan Book Festival is being held this Saturday and Sunday at Huashan Culture Park from the hours of 1pm-6pm. I will be giving a presentation on How to Setup a Successful Blog/Website and Monetize It at 1pm on Saturday at Table C.
Posted in Blog, Features, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Living in Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei events, Taiwan events, Taiwan Travel Guide |
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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By Carrie on March 29, 2011
Peggy Teaches Chinese: Learn Chinese in 10 minutes a day! Today’s lesson is on the usage of guo(4) as an experienced action marker and as a verb.
Posted in Cultural Travel, Features, Learn Chinese | Tagged Cultures, Languages, learn Chinese, Peggy Teaches Chinese, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
By Carrie on March 22, 2011
Peggy Teaches Chinese: Learn Chinese in 10 minutes a day! Today’s lesson is an intermediate Chinese Lesson on buying tickets.
Posted in Cultural Travel, Features, Learn Chinese | Tagged Cultural Travel, Education, language learning, Languages, learn Chinese, Peggy Teaches Chinese, Taipei, Taiwan Travel Guide |
By Carrie on March 15, 2011
Thanks to everyone who voted for me in the 100 Fun Things To Do In Taiwan contest that was held in the early part of 2011. I ended up placing eighth out of 400 contestants, 50 of whom were awarded cash prizes betweeen NT$3,000 and NT$50,000.
Posted in Blog, Features, Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Taipei, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Taiwan Travel Guide, tourism in Taiwan, travel Taiwan |
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 [...]
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By Carrie on March 9, 2011
A glutton’s complete guide to Taiwanese street food and eating out in Taiwan’s nightmarkets.
Posted in Cultural Travel, Features, Taipei Travel Guide, Taiwan Travel Guide, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Asian street food, Food and Drink, Night Markets, Photography, Taipei, Taiwan nightmarkets, Taiwan Travel Guide, Taiwanese culture, Taiwanese food, Taiwanese night markets, Travel Photography, Wander, Wanderfood Wednesday