It’s the Year of the Horse ๐ด and Taiwan is THE place to celebrate! ๐ The last few weeks have seen us celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year, and I was delighted to welcome my nephew, Lawrence and his wife, … Continue reading Welcoming Lawrence & Anja to Taiwan!๐ด๐ง๐
The old, rundown, derelict, dusty, decaying (but fascinating) Taipei Railway Workshop ่บๅๆฉๅป , which officially closed in 2012, is being transformed into the National Railway Museum. It was officially opened over the summer, so now that the kids have gone back … Continue reading Taiwan’s New National Railway Museum ๅๅฎถ้ต้ๅ็ฉ้คจ ๐๐๐๐๐๐Must Visit!
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!๐ง๐ป๐น๐๐ถ
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 ่บๅๅคง็ธฑ่ตฐ 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 ้ฟ้ๅฑฑ Cherry Blossom Season 2025! ๐ธ
Yes, there’s snakes galore! It’s the Year of the Snake, and snakes feature highly in the Lantern Festival events being held all over Taiwan in recent weeks. There are snake lanterns of every shape and size, and of every description, … Continue reading ๐ฎIt’s Lantern Festival Time! ๐
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 ๐๐ฎโฉ๏ธ Happy Year of the Snake! ๐งง๐๐ชญ๐งจ
My latest Church Mission Society CMS Link Letter has just been published hereโฆ.. Also, in the same week, the Diocese of Taiwan Friendship Magazine has just been published at this link: Friendship Magazine October 2024 with a focus on the Taiwan Episcopal … Continue reading Friendship Magazine & CMS Link Letter Out Now!
July 2024 was quite an eventful month for us in Taiwan ~ and was marked at the end of the month by the arrival of Typhoon Gaemi๐ ~ from which Taiwan is still recovering. The worst typhoon to hit Taiwan … Continue reading Welcoming Katherine & the Lovely Cooper Family from the UK to Taiwan! ๐โค๏ธ๐
Catherine Lee 