Taipei served as the brackets to the 2017 trip to Oceania, a day-long layover both to and from Australia. In each instance, this meant an early morning arrival and late evening departure, with a full (and at times long) day in between. I had been to Taipei only once before, in 2008, for a few… Read More Parenthetical Taipei

So as most people were last aware, I was well and on my way to Taiwan to begin my second stint as a foreign English teacher for the children of Asia.  In honesty, my head was filled with all sorts of thoughts and trepidation about the impending journey and how I would deal with it,… Read More Return to Anarchy