T-Life Treasures is a mini series of articles that feature “treasures” or interesting activities to do around the T-Life Hostel and Taichung area!
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Slices of Serenity Part 3-Taichung Metropolitan Park
Staying at T-Life, there are an abundance of activities nearby to occupy your time. Taichung is a bustling city offering many of the amenities of any major city. Sometimes city life can be exhausting, however, and you may find yourself looking for some sweet solace on a patch of green during your stay. This is part three of a series that serves as a detailed list of possible destinations along this path Continue reading
Slices of Serenity-Part 1-Dongfeng park
Staying at T-Life, there are an abundance of activities nearby to occupy your time. Taichung is a bustling city offering many of the amenities of any major city. Sometimes city life can be exhausting, however, and you may find yourself looking for some sweet solace on a patch of green during your stay. This is part one of series that serves as a detailed list of possible destinations along this path.
Continue readingT-Life Treasures: Rainbow Village
T-Life Treasures is a mini series of articles that feature “treasures” or interesting activities to do around the T-Life Hostel and Taichung area!
Continue readingMy ’48-hour cure’ for culture shock
The best travel advice I’ve ever gotten from a seasoned traveller was: “You don’t have to like it.” Continue reading
Not all who wander are lost
If it’s possible to walk somewhere, I will always choose to do it. Yes, you can cover a lot more ground on a bike or a bus, but you can see a lot more on your own two feet … and in an age of GPS, it’s also one of the only ways to still have a bit of serendipity in your journey. Continue reading
The more scenic way to the Luce Memorial Chapel
With the campus of Tunghai University being hailed as one of the most attractive universities in Taiwan, it only makes sense that a chapel would be designed to become one of Taiwan’s most sought after landmarks. As the project was finished in November of 1963, artist and architect Chen Chi-Kwan along with the notorious architect I.M. Pei, worked for over a year to design the famous curved chapel.
Continue readingListening creates a common language
When I moved from the US to the UK, I was delighted to discover that even when everybody is speaking English, sometimes you still need to ask for a translation. I love the nuances of language, and how the words that you know and use also shape how you think about the world.
Continue readingTaichung nights: Markets, clubs & bars
Taichung is not really a “morning person.” Despite an abundant cafe culture, most of these lovely tea and coffee spots don’t open their doors until well after 11am (some of them literally list their opening time as “usually before noon”) which is fine for my second coffee, but I need the first one within 20 minutes of waking up. The city definitely comes alive in the nighttime, with markets, clubs, and bars all going strong until the wee hours. Here are some places to check out after the sun goes down. Continue reading
Taichung… T-Life: a place to call home
What day was it? I forgot. The sun sneaking through the window had taken me out from my dreams. How long has it been? I had forgotten. Lost in my own thoughts and pursuit of happiness, I had found a place to call home in T-Life and the thought of leaving could only break my heart. June 2017. Continue reading