by Joshua | Jan 18, 2020 | Expat life, Finding our way, Travel in Asia
After our post on surviving the holidays as an expat, I decided to spend some time on a related topic. Let’s talk about how to survive Chinese New Year, or the Lunar New Year, as a tourist. Imagine a national holiday in your own country where everyone gets at...
by Joshua | Sep 19, 2019 | Dive and Snorkel Asia, Travel in Asia
One of the greatest things about living in Southeast Asia is the number of great island destinations that are just a short flight away. We’ve been lucky enough to take advantage of a few, like Borneo, Okinawa and Ishigaki. There are many popular and lesser known...
by Pauline Hammer | Sep 8, 2019 | Dive and Snorkel Asia, Taipei Day Trips, Taiwan Destinations, Travel in Asia
Summer in Taiwan is coming to a close, and Josh and I are looking forward to a month stateside with family come September. We managed to squeeze in one more snorkeling trip out to Bitoujiao before leaving though! That is by far one of our favorite weekend...
by Pauline Hammer | Aug 27, 2019 | Dive and Snorkel Asia, Taiwan Destinations, Travel in Asia
Josh and I have talked about getting dive certified ever since we met in Costa Rica over 10 years ago. But it wasn’t until we moved to Taiwan 3 years ago that we finally made it happen (thanks to the enthusiastic support of our 93 year old boss, Doris Brougham)....
by Pauline Hammer | May 5, 2019 | Butterflies, Dive and Snorkel Asia, Travel in Asia
This April, Josh and I took a fifty minute flight from Taipei to the little known Japanese Island of Ishigaki. We rented a car, and headed out for some exploring. It was an amazing week of diving, snorkeling, island hopping, cave exploring and beach combing. I even...
by Pauline Hammer | Apr 26, 2019 | Travel in Asia
Taiwan is an incredible home base if you want easy, quick, affordable access to much of the Asian Pacific. In our first two years in Taipei we flew to Okinawa (Japan), Kota Kinabalu (Malaysian Borneo) and Phuket (Thailand) each for less than $500USD per person. And...
