by Casey Siemasko | Dec 30, 2013 | Travel, Travel Inspiration
2013 was a bit of a game changer for us. This exact time last year, we were home from Taiwan for a quick holiday visit. It was our first time returning to the US since we had moved to Taiwan a year and a half earlier, and an amazing reminder of why we do want...
by Casey Siemasko | Oct 24, 2013 | Resources, Travel, Travel Inspiration, Travel Tips
We haven’t always been savvy on how to save money on airfare. In fact, it took traveling to 21 countries for us to realize that maybe it was time to open up frequent flier accounts. Yikes. Luckily for our bank accounts, this past year saw us investing some time and...
by Casey Siemasko | Aug 8, 2013 | Photo Essays, Photography, Travel, Vietnam
The short answer? YES! We actually had a different post prepared to share with you today. But then we went to Halong Bay, and everything changed. We were too excited about what we saw to think or talk or write about anything else. We would have felt guilty for keeping...
by Casey Siemasko | Jul 9, 2013 | Resources, Travel, Travel Inspiration, Travel Tips
With only a few more weeks left of our time in Taiwan, everyone keeps asking us the same question: What are you going to do now? Our answer? Why travel, of course. This in turn leads to quizzical expressions accompanied by a variety of the following...
by Casey Siemasko | Jul 3, 2013 | Adventure Travel, Northeast, Taiwan, Travel
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...
by Casey Siemasko | Jul 1, 2013 | Taiwan, Travel, Travel Inspiration
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;...