Taiwan (台灣) – 2014/2015 Besides Taipei exists the majority of Taiwan. Not as slick or international as the capital but more in line with what I was looking for (adventures), I tried to get out of the city as much as I could. I liked Taipei a lot but in some ways it felt like a generic, faceless city and lacked a certain energy I was seeking. So…I escaped a lot. Friends wanted to show me their hometowns, I wanted to go search for different dragonflies and the train system in Taiwan is amazing. Also, Taiwan is a relatively small island compared to where I’m from–if you had the technology to move Taiwan and duplicate it inside of the state of Texas, you could do so more than 19.3 times. I love being in nature and as you will see…
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Taipei, Taiwan (台灣，台北) – 2014/2015 Life is a mistake and that’s how I ended up in Taipei. There’s slightly more to it than that but we can fudge the numbers a bit here for the sake of attempted brevity. At…
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Hong Kong (香港) – 2014 This one’s a mini because I wasn’t there long. My father came to visit me in Taipei and we decided to take a trip to Hong Kong and Macau for a few days so we…
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Saigon and Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam – 2015 Upon arrival in Vietnam I felt a sense of deep relaxation and wonder despite having some brief setbacks actually entering the country. As I walked out of the airport people were…
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Shanghai, China (中国, 上海) – 2011 The night I arrived in China was one of the most exhilarating nights of my life. I flew from Dallas to Detroit to Shanghai, arriving a little before midnight. It felt as if I’d…
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Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia – 2012 While in Georgetown we met a guy named Merlin who told us to check out the Cameron Highlands. I had wanted to go there already but his descriptions made it a priority. On…
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