I never expected my first trip to Hong Kong would be due to a visa-run. My initial impressions of Hong Kong: WOW! Although I initially saw mostly rainforests and a couple of apartment clusters around Lantau Island, after exiting Central station in downtown Hong Kong, I immediately was hit with sensory overload! So many...
An Impromptu Visa Run
After my visits to Pingxi and Jinguashi, I was keen to write an update. I made two-months in Taiwan during the first week of CNY. So, as I started thinking about what to write to reflect back on the past two months, a sick feeling hit me. The visa I had received in DC...
Exploring Taipei
The first week of the CNY break was amazing. It was the first time I ventured out of Taipei alone since my trip to Yangmingshan back in November. I visited two areas: the Pingxi line, in the foothills near Taipei; Jinguashi, an old mining town near Keelung. I was interested in visiting the former...
CNY 2012
These past two weeks have been a fantastic experience, full of lessons learned and memories that will definitely last a lifetime. Over the next several posts, I plan to recap what happened over the two-week Chinese New Year vacation. Day 1-3: Outer Taipei. Day 4: Visa Troubles. Day 5: Hong Kong in a Day....