This was not just any old cycle ride. 🚴 It’s not every day, after all, that I meet a dinosaur riding around Taipei City on a yellow U-Bike. This was Saturday, January 10, with a cold 10°C to start the … Continue reading 🦖🦕The Day I met a Dinosaur 🦕🦖
ABC of Taipei Summer Scenes 2025 in 22 photos & 30 hashtags including #AForAdventures #BlueSea #BlueSky #BeautifulBeaches🏖️ #CharmingCattle🐃 #Datunshan大屯山 #ElephantMountain象山🐘 #FunkyFlowers🌺🌼🏵️ #Guanyinshan觀音山 #HorribleHornets🐝 #HeatHeatHeat🌡️😅🫠🥵😎 #IceCream😋😋 #Jianshan尖山 #Karibu (Welcome) to all the summer visitors & friends #Lighthouse1897 #MagnificentMountains🏞️ #NorthernTipOfTaiwan #OrangeSunsets & … Continue reading Taipei Summer Scenes 2025
It’s 8:22 pm on Thursday, May 22, only a few hours after landing in Taiwan, and my brother, David, has just got to get outside to film Taiwan’s famous musical bin lorries as they arrive, as scheduled, exactly on time … Continue reading Welcoming David & Anna to Taiwan!🧋🎻🎹🚚🎶
The Taipei Grand Trail (TGT) is a fun way to explore the mountains and hills that surround Taipei, on a series of well-trodden and clearly-marked footpaths that link up into one big 130 km-long trail. This includes 92 km of … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Trail 2025!
Alishan in Cherry Blossom Season is THE place to be! High up in Taiwan’s central mountain range, part of Chiayi County, its charm lies in the little red mountain trains that chug upwards and onwards each day before dawn, taking … Continue reading Alishan 阿里山 Cherry Blossom Season 2025! 🌸
Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year & Spring Festival) has taken over our lives here in Taiwan in the last few weeks, it’s great! We spent most of January in preparation ~ spring cleaning, cooking, shopping and decorating, all … Continue reading 🐍🏮⛩️ Happy Year of the Snake! 🧧🐍🪭🧨
This. My annual challenge. 26 km (16 miles) across the Yang-Ming Shan Mountains above Taipei, from east to west, Fengguizui to Qingtian Temple, elevation gain 1,905 m (6,250 ft). Ten mountains, mostly steep, but all great fun! This was Saturday January 13, 2024, … Continue reading 陽明山東西大縱走 Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse 2024!
The Taipei Grand Trail (TGT) goes around Taipei City in a huge 130 km circle, of which 92 km is hiking, and 38 km is cycling. Well worth doing! The scenery is stunning, the views are extensive, the paths are … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Trail 2023!
“We haven’t come to show off, but to share our talents with you and to bring glory to God!” So said Gloria at their first concert, and that theme continued throughout the week, as they shared with us their amazing … Continue reading Taiwan Concert Tour 2023🎺🎹🎼: Welcoming Bill & Cynthia Lawing & Gloria Cook!
Catherine Lee 