Kaohsiung is Taiwan's 2nd biggest city. It's way more modern than Tainan, and even moreso than Taipei in some respects. I like the feeling I get being there. It's nothing too original, just well executed. My visits have been very quick ones. On this most recent one I met some strangers who took me shopping with them and we went into one of those fun Japanese photo booths. Then I slept with a guy I met on the internet (sorry no pics). Looking forward: They have an Auntie Ann's Pretzel shop. ... read more

Hear r sum pics ov kids i teach english to. they learn really good! Edinburgh Montessori School.... read more

Sokcho is on the east coast of Korea. It's a pretty awesome town. They've got a few international ferries, including one for Russians. It'd be a lot cooler if it went more places. Anyway, the town has that to keep its backbone strong. Plus lots of seafood restaurants. I imagine the town's been there for a while, but it's weird 'cause so much of it looks like it's just getting built. I even saw some streets having their bricks laid. Perhaps it is in transition from hidden gem to discovered. There are 7 lighthouses, for the lighthouse enthusiast. Some beach areas. There's a good size shopping area which a rich town needs i guess; this is where i saw most of the roads just getting built, so all the shops have been there waiting for the ... read more

Hong Kong is huge. I wore myself out because I decided to walk everywhere and also skipped too many meals. My hips were sore and my stomach ached at times. It's easy to shop and I spent too much money, but I figured it was the only shopping I'd be doing for sometime, certainly the only H&M I'll encounter for a while. I had been aiming for Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, but after hours of walking, I was too tired by the time I crossed over on the Star Ferry. So I stopped in Lan Kwai Fong, a watering hole for expats and visitors. I chose a place called The Keg because they had free peanuts. An Aussie named Joel chatted me (a Seppy) up there, and convinced me to go to a swanky ... read more

I went to the east coast side of the island this weekend. The Pacific Ocean looked so blue and clear. I drove a manual transmission car around tight curves that thinly separated the Pacific and the mountains formed at the edge of the Phillippine Sea Plate. The day turned into night while I drove and the bright full moon came out. Driving is great. There was a cow farm out there. I drank some pretty good chocolate milk. The milk is free if you just slaughter the cow yourself and clean up all the blood, but I didn't do that cause I'd still have to pay a wizard to make it chocolate. Then I visited the Bunun Aboriginees land. Up until maybe 100 years ago, everyone at some point would visit another tribe and take someone's ... read more