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My second stop in India couldn’t have been more different from the first. Varanasi, or “Very Nasty” as its known in some expat circles, is known as the holiest of holy cities throughout India. The mighty Ganges river is the hub and main attraction here, and tourists flock here to witness, of all things, people . . . → Read More: India Part 2: Varanasi          One comment  Epic Trips, Travel  Christianity, culture, Faith, hindu, India, Islam, Prayer, religion, Spirituality, tourism, Travel, varanasi Leh Ladakh Rink My first stop in India was also without a doubt my most memorable. I had heard legend and lore of a village in the Himalayan Mountains that lives and breathes ice hockey, but I had to see it to believe it. My Canadian expat friend Tony, whom I skate with in . . . → Read More: India Part 1: Leh Ladakh and the World’s Highest Hockey Tournament One comment Epic Trips, Photography, Travel epic trip, hockey, ice hockey, India, kasmir, leh ladakh, Travel 
The final leg of my Taiwan tour, back to where I started, the wondrous Taipei. This is a city I’ve always wanted to visit, and for good reason as it has a lot to offer. I was really impressed with the city, its large English speaking population (relative to other Asian countries), and even more . . . → Read More: Adventures in Taiwan Part 3: Taipei 
The adventure continues in Southern Taiwan, in a famous beach town called Kenting on the southernmost tip, and Tainan, the former capital of Taiwan on the Southwest coast. Kenting is known as sort of a hippie surfer town, and loads of people flock here year round to catch a wave. Although it’s the low season . . . → Read More: Adventures in Taiwan: Part 2, Kenting & Tainan 
Today we are going to take a break from the “Made In China” series as I’ve started my winter break and decided to do a bit of traveling. One of the perks about working in a Chinese university is a nice little 6 week vacation to separate the fall and spring semester over the Chinese . . . → Read More: Adventures in Taiwan: Part 1 2 comments Chinese Culture, Shanghai, Travel China, Chinese, culture, democracy, hualien, Mandarin, night markets, Shanghai, socialism, street food, taipei, Taiwan, taroko gorge, Travel 
The Chinese celebrate many holidays over here in the east, and one of the biggest is National Holiday during the first week of every October, where Chinese patriotism abounds. You may have heard that the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival 春节, each January (or February, depending on the lunar calender) is the world’s largest . . . → Read More: Western China: Lanzhou & Xining 8 comments Chinese Culture, Photography, Social Issues in China, Teaching in China, Travel Baoji, China, Chinese New Year, culture, ESL, Islam, Lanzhou, Ministry, Muslim, National Holiday, Pollution, Serve, Teaching, Teaching English, Tibetan, Trains, Travel, University, Xining In case you know little or nothing about China, get up to speed! This short video is quite helpful in case some of the other stuff I talk about makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It even covers a lot about modern day culture such as the concept of “losing face” (丢面子） and what to expect . . . → Read More: Everything you need to know about China in 10 minutes 
I had an amazing opportunity to visit Moganshan 莫干山 over the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 中春节. I’ve never seen anything quite like it, there were spectacular views of seemingly endless bamboo forests, and they even had there brand of beer made from the fresh mountain spring water. Turned out to be one of the worst beers . . . → Read More: The Bamboo Forests of Moganshan |
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