Articles tagged with: Taiwan
Sandiao Cape Lighthouse and Bitou Cape Trail (Day 3 of 3)
The third day of my little scooter adventure was a great grab-bag of places and activities. My hotel was nice enough to have a 12:00 noon checkout time, so I was able to relax in the morning. I left all my stuff in my room and hopped on my scooter to head south from Fulong. My first stop was a little fishing village called Maoao. …
Exploring Fulong Beach (Day 2 of 3)
I had a much better night last night. I decided to stay in Fulong for another night and asked about that at the hotel. My room, however, had been rented out already. I figured that would be the case, and I hadn’t gotten my hopes up. Luckily, they had other rooms that were still available and luckier still, they were free right now and in …
Dolphin-Watching at Wushih Harbor, Taiwan (Day 1 of 3)
I went to type out the date for this journal entry, and I was stumped at the year. Was it 2015? 2016? I had trouble remembering for a while. That’s how tired I am this morning after the adventures of yesterday.
I was up early yesterday morning – at 5:00 a.m. – in order to get a jump on the day. I wanted to be on …
Dragon Boat Festival Taipei – 2012
These pictures were taken during the Dragon Boat Festival races in Taipei in 2012. They took place at the Diaja Riverside Park in Taipei. Luckily, this park is relatively close to where I live and I could walk there along the river with my camera in hand. I could even take pictures from up on the bridge over the river. I was surprised that there were so few people up there.
“The Moonlight in Jilin” at the Spot Taipei Film House
The Taiwanese movie The Moonlight in Jilin is currently playing at the Spot Taipei Film House. If you want to see it, you’ll have to move fast. It’s only playing until May 25th.
Tuesday May 22 – 18:40
Wednesday May 23 – 12:50 and 20:50
Thursday May 24 – 12:50 and 20:50
Friday May 25 – 11:00
So, we’ve established that you have to move fast if you want to see it. But …
“The Golden Child” at the Spot Taipei Film House
The Golden Child is currently playing at the Spot Taipei Film House as part of their event We Are Family: Festival of New Immigrants. (See the schedule here.) Four films make up this mini-festival, and they all focus on the experiences of women from China, Vietnam, and Indonesia who come to Taiwan to marry Taiwanese men. The first two films I’ve seen were The Happy …
My Little Honey Moon at the Spot Taipei Film House – Foreign Brides in Taiwan
I returned to the Spot Taipei Film House to watch the second of the four films about foreign brides in Taiwan. I read in an article in the Taipei Times that these four films together are part of the event “We Are Family: Festival of New Immigrants” at the Spot. Also in this article is the interesting statistic that there are more than 450,000 of …
Immigrant Stories at the Spot Taipei Film House
Four interesting movies are playing at the Spot Taipei Film House in the month of May. They are Taiwanese movies and they offer a fascinating look at the experience of foreign women who marry men in Taiwan. I had been told that there were no English subtitles, but the other day I happened to catch a trailer for one of them, and it had English …