Taiwan is a country richly documented in photography. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic, the Taiwan Fine Arts Museum in Taipei in May of 2011 launched a photography retrospective documenting the many facets of Taiwan through historical and contemporary photography. The extraordinary richness of the exhibition is documented in its […]
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WoWasis visits Taiwan’s magnificent Taroko Gorge
Located between the Northeast Coast National Scenic Area and the East Coast National Scenic Area, the magnificent Taroko Gorge is Taiwan’s primary tourist destination after Taipei, and well worth the effort of going there. Bus tours can be easily booked from Taipei, and any traveler to Taiwan is recommended to carve out a day or […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis mailbag: Tourist rip-offs in Vietnam, Greece, and Egypt
We’re at WoWasis are always happy to get mail. Here’s an email we received this week: Dear WoWasis, We surfed your website and the information you give about annoyances in Vietnam was very helpful to us. Just one thing: you mention that touts and rip offs in vietnam are as common as in Greece or […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis Taiwan shopping tip: buy a Fucashun multilingual world globe
Looking for something extraordinary to bring back home with you coming back from Taiwan? How about a Fucashun Chinese-English world globe? We here at WoWasis, think there’s nothing like having a real globe at home and work. Atlases and internet graphics can never truly portray the scope and distance of various countries and world geographical […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: Amy C. Liu’s ‘Taiwan A to Z: The Essential Cultural Guide’
Amy C. Liu’s Taiwan A to Z: The Essential Cultural Guide (2009, ISBN 978-957-97847-6-4)is the book we wish we here at WoWasis had read prior to visiting Taiwan. Amy C. Liu was born in Taiwan, but came to San Jose, CA when she was 13 years old. She attended high school in the U.S., got […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis visits Lugang, a picturesque Qing Taiwanese coastal city
Lugang (or Lukang) is a historical town featuring wonderful temples, a historical walk through old Qing-era shops, and a museum well worth seeing. It is located approximately 110 km southwest of Taipei, on the west coast of Taiwan. The Lukang Historic Preservation Area comprises a number of old market streets, and centers around Putou Street […]
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The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang Today’s question: How long will it take me to learn Thai massage? Dear Pa Farang, I am planning to visit Bangkok and i would like to have massage lessons but i haven’t have before any. How long you think it takes for a starter to […]
Read the rest of this entry »What’s a Thai village marriage, and how do I arrange one?
The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s question: a Thai village marriage… what’s the story? Dear Pa Farang, what is a village marriage as mentioned here (http://www.thaioasis.com/pf/pafarangcorner.php) and how would one go about arranging one? Thanks in advance, Derek Hello Derek, I have already written about some of the characteristics of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Want a quick getaway from Taipei? Take a one-day excursion to the spa town of Beitou and historic Danshui
If you’re like us at WoWasis, you love cosmopolitan cities like Taipei, but have to get out once in a while. And maybe you don’t want to have to rent a car or take a bus to do it. From Taipei , you can take an excursion that will bring you to the historical seafront […]
Read the rest of this entry »Looking for intimacy? Taipei’s National Museum of History has them all beat
If you’re an art, history, and culture fanatic, you will get bowled over by Taipei’s massive National Palace Museum. As are thousands of others, every hour. It’s a zoo of humanity, tour groups, school children, you name it. That’s why we really love Taipei’s National Museum of History. Yes there will be school kids, but […]
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