Last week we shared what we miss most from our lives in Taiwan. Now it’s time to divulge a few of the things we don’t miss so much. No matter where you call home, there are going to be both pros and cons to the location. If you’re one of our dear Taiwanese friends reading […]

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The other day we started feeling awfully nostalgic about the two years we spent living in Taiwan. Leaving was a whirlwind. In between packing up our apartment, saying goodbye to the most adorable 6 year olds in the world (that I taught almost the entire two years!), writing our first eBook, and planning our cycling […]

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  There are so many things about Taiwan we’ll remember. The magnificent scenery is surely one of them. I took this photo of Casey as we hiked in search of the Giant Biedelaman Trees. While we aren’t sure if we ever did stumble upon the towering beasts, the journey was reward enough in itself. Thank […]

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 This is the first of a two-part series on teaching English abroad. Stay tuned—we’ll talk more about how you can get started teaching ESL in part 2!   “Do you think I can teach ESL abroad?” This is without a doubt the most common question we receive from our readers. When we set out to […]

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We’re proud to announce the release of our first eBook!    101 Tips to Living in Taiwan is an easy-to-digest guide that teaches the ins and outs of living in Taiwan. 101 Tips to Living in Taiwan will streamline your transition to living in a new and foreign country while inspiring you to get out and […]

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Guys. It’s finally happening! Our FREE eBook, 101 Tips to Living in Taiwan, is coming out this week! We’ve spent the past couple months compiling our top 101 tips for expats and travelers in Taiwan, and we’ve got to say that we are pumped out of our minds to at long last share our inside […]

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So we have a new goal around here. To be completely honest with you we have a lot of new goals, such as returning e-mails more promptly and having a pet lion, BUT we are especially excited about this new one as it centers on food. After all, one of our favorite forms of exercise […]

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This is one of the first shots we took during our trip to Sun Moon Lake. We were inspired by this little boy’s excitement at watching the waves–something we most certainly would have taken for granted. Although we have seen plenty of lakes in our lifetime, we were quite taken back by the beauty of […]

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If you only do one hike in Taiwan, make it this one: Teapot Mountain and Mt. Banping   There are literally hundreds of hiking and climbing paths crossing through Taiwan’s rugged landscape. We’ve attempted a few, weather permitting, and have ultimately found varying degrees of quality and difficulty. Often ‘hiking’ equates more to climbing paved […]

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Our time in Taiwan is dwindling to an end. We have exactly one month and one day until we say goodbye to the place we’ve called home for two years. That’s only 32 days. 32 days to explore the pockets of the island that have remained too elusive to us up to this point; 32 […]

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