Month: July 2019

I’ve always heard that Taiwan is a wonderful place to visit. Friends and family who have travelled there have raved about it. The scenery is breathtaking, the food is cheap and tasty and there’s the 101 Tower. Personally, I’ve always had a fascination with Taiwan ever since watching Miyazaki Hayao’s anime masterpiece Spirited Away in my younger years. The movie, about a young girl trapped in a spirit world, drew inspiration and ultimately immortalized the small mining village of Jiufen, Taiwan into almost mythical proportions, but when I asked friends what else there is to do in Taiwan besides...