My aim was to visit at least 100 countries, and with Brazil, I finally did it. I'm now loitering at 104. Or is it 105, I lose count...
Unlike a lot of fellow travellers, I tend to only dip my feet into a country, quite often only staying a day or two before heading off somewhere else.
Country numbers 54 and 55 were my first trips alone - something I never thought I'd do.
In 2013 I published an e-book entitled The Red Quest, detailing my mission to visit each and every country of the former Soviet Union. Along the way I sa... full info
I enjoyed your comments. Hi. My wife and I lived in Taipei for four years. When we talked about your blog, she made a comment that thought hit the nail on the head. "Taipei is a wonderful place to live, but not a good place to visit". It definitely fails to make a good first impression, but if you get past that Taipei is a truly wondrous city. In my opinion.
food if you wanted to only eat western food and criticise anything that doesn't suit your palate, why bother to travel? be adventurous and a good sport!
your blog summed up my stereotypes about americans - the world should only cater to westerners! If an asian city doens't cater to us it sux in comparison to others!
guess what? taiwan has one of the best universal healthcare in the world! A typical Taiwanese citizen can receive proper medical attention 24hr a day and only paying 1/10th of what americans are paying!
Also, you will never find a subway system as clean, modern and efficient as the taipei metro in the states. I work and live in nyc and its system pale in comparison (except maybe the extensiveness)!
Da Ge
Doug Stephen
I enjoyed your comments.
Hi. My wife and I lived in Taipei for four years. When we talked about your blog, she made a comment that thought hit the nail on the head. "Taipei is a wonderful place to live, but not a good place to visit". It definitely fails to make a good first impression, but if you get past that Taipei is a truly wondrous city. In my opinion.