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Month: September 2014

Show Bar Sunset Lounge

Show Bar is the best place in Taiwan to watch the sunset with a drink and tapas. If you’re ever in the southern part of Taiwan, near Kenting or Hengchun, this is the place to visit ...

The Zen of Soba

“There’s nothing equal to wearing clothes and eating food. Outside this there are neither Buddhas nor Patriarchs.” (Zenrin KushĂ») During our last few days in Japan, our friend, Toshiko, said that she wanted to show us ...

Hot Springs at Guguan, Taiwan

Private wooden tub with natural sulpher hot spring water, 100 feet above the river bed, all around view of the mountains.

Ah, Coffee, +1

As it turns out, the best coffee shop in Taichung is just around the corner from our place. Julie, the owner, has a small roaster and maintains a freshly-roasted collection of various single-origin beans. She and ...