The dark pink cherry blossom is in bloom all over Taipei, looking spectacular! Everyone says it’s even more beautiful than ever ~ maybe because of the very cold start to January ~ with 2 separate days of snow on Yangmingshan, … Continue reading 🌸🌸 Yes, the Cherry Blossom’s Out! 🌸🌸
You just can’t beat a fine Saturday on Yangmingshan. And especially in the company of 2 very strong young men! A cold start, but sunny and dry all day, very muddy in just one place, but otherwise perfect. The 2 … Continue reading The Mountains are Calling and I Must Go ~ to Yangmingshan 陽明山 with Tze-Foun 子寬 and Dong-Gua 冬瓜!
The world is in the middle of a devastating pandemic, the USA has had a terrible week with riots in the Capitol, the UK is in chaos with Brexit and lockdown. And meanwhile, in Taipei….. A Banksy Exhibition has just … Continue reading Meanwhile in Taipei…. Banksy Exhibition @ Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
Cathwel Service (Cath-wel is short for Catholic Welfare) 財團法人天主教福利會, is the Taiwan branch of the US Catholic Relief Services, founded in 1949, originally to help unmarried mothers and their children. It continues its ministry helping disadvantaged women and children; many … Continue reading Advent Church & St. John’s University Charity Fundraising 2020 @ 天主教福利會 ‘Cathwel Service’, Shenkeng 深坑, Taipei
Every year, the Taipei City Government arranges for local farmers in the area of Taipei City known as the Guandu Plain to plant flowers in some of their fields. Every year it’s so beautiful! Most of the fields there are … Continue reading Sea of Flowers @ Taipei Guandu Plain! 🌺
This year is the 50th anniversary of the death of Gladys Aylward (1902-1970): “English missionary in China and Taiwan who worked to end the traditional Chinese practice of binding women’s feet, led a large group of orphans out of occupied … Continue reading Gladys Aylward (1902-1970)
Yes, it’s New-Buff Day, which means it’s also Buff-Selfie Day! So, the story goes like this. Over the last few months, Taiwan has done really well in handling the Covid-19 pandemic and in supplying face-masks to the rest of the … Continue reading Happy Buff-Selfie Day You-Biking @ Taipei!
Tainan on Taiwan’s SW coast is packed full of places to see, treasures to find and special foods to taste; it’s Taiwan’s oldest city and former capital city so it has a long and vibrant history. It’s also the cultural … Continue reading Treasures of 台南 Tainan!
“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!” And so, inspired by Dr. Seuss, off we went! To Dabajianshan no less! Dabajianshan 大霸尖山 (Dàbàjiān Shān, tr: ‘Big Chief Pointed Mountain’) … Continue reading Almost On Top Of The World @ Dabajianshan 大霸尖山 3,492 m / 11,456 ft!
Catherine Lee 