Fili’s world

There's no describing the feeling I get when reading posts and watching photos from Taiwan. I admit I'm totally addicted. Of the wonderful collection of Taiwanese wai4guo2ren2 blogging I saw there are few in particular that I'd like to mention.

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First up, and the obvious one of them all, is Michael Turton's site. Michael has very interesting insights into the Taiwanese everyday happenings and local life, having a wife and kids in Taiwan and teaching at the university. Of all the wonderful stories and information provided, I especially like the family trips posts with the great photos attached, which one of them called "A few scenes from life" was what drove me to write this post. A few other example posts to spice up thing up are - "Lappin' up the miles" and "ChungHua night market". Check out his archives and what is absolutely the best Taiwan personal guide I've seen - "Teaching English in Taiwan".

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Second one, who's Taipei photo I got permission to use as my blog's banner is "David on Formosa". Reading how David's seeing thing around Taiwan is fascinating, and I like watching the photos he's taking, such as in -  "Hiking in Tucheng one and two" and " Travels in Zhonghe and Yonghe".

(Later addition - Oh! and I almost forgot. David's guide to Taiwan is what helped me through my first few weeks in Taiwan, getting settled and deciding to study Chinese).  

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Another guy I like to keep track of is Todd of "The Daily Bubble Tea", or rather Todd and his girlfriend, as they make such a cute couple. Sweet photos of their Taiwan adventures warm up my heart every time, you just got to take a look…

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Although he doesn't write any more, Daniel's Suitcasing is just… well… brilliant. He's funny, he's clever, he's sweet and he's very artistic. I must have read every post that he wrote at least a few times, and have enjoyed mailing links to others discussing some of his observations. His series of articles about the Chinese/Taiwanese culture was extraordinary, and I could only hope that he'll come back to the blogging world some time soon.

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So, thanks guys, for helping me remember Taiwan and for sharing your lives and experiences with us all.