Just before New Year's Eve, we celebrated the start of 2019 with Caren's parents on a road trip down south to Pingtung County. We drove past hilly aboriginal regions and spent two nights looking out to the sea at a posh guesthouse near Kenting. The water was too cold to swim, but we did enjoy…Read more A New Year’s Eve Trip to Pingtung

Deep in the mountainous regions of Nantou County lies Xinyi Township, home to the aboriginal Bunun tribe, Taiwan's highest peak Yushan, and also the National Taiwan University Experimental Forest. Thanks to Caren for being an NTU student, we had attractive discounts for our accommodation here at the hostel. Flowers in full bloom! Self service maize…Read more Deep in the Mountains