Gobble Gobble and All That Jazz

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For the last month I’ve watched as everyone on Facebook and everywhere else on the internet talk about the various reasons they are thankful as if it’s an activity reserved solely for November.  Traveling on this side of the world for the last eight months has given me daily reasons to be thankful.  Since it’s Thanksgiving, I’ve gone through and made a list of some of the things I’ve been giving thanks for along the way…in picture form.

In short, this trip has once again reminded me that there are very few things in the world that I have any right to complain about.

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Expat Life in Taiwan

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I suppose that after four months of being in Taiwan, I’ve more than crossed the line between traveler and expatriate.  At some point I’ll have to look at my passport, because I think I’ve been living here almost as long as I lived in Argentina.  Living here for this long has given me the ability to really dig in and learn about the in’s-and-out’s of daily life in a small section of Taipei.  Below are a series of observations and stories.

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So, here I am 30 days later…

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Thirty days ago I left Taiwan for Borneo.  Roughly twenty days ago I left Borneo for Taiwan.  In forty days I leave Taiwan for the USA.  I suppose I’ve got some explaining to do.  Unfortunately, every time I try to start explaining I find myself not sure where to start, what to say, and beguiled about what to even mention about the last 30 days.  So, here’s what comes to mind right now…

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Life lessons from my Borneo boondoggle

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Twenty-five days ago I left Taiwan in search of adventure in Malaysian Borneo.  There would be endless possibilities for excitement – Kota Kinabalu (the highest mountain in South East Asia), Sipadan (considered the best diving in the world), Survivor Island/Pulau Tiga (where the first season of Survivor was filmed), Orangutang Sanctuaries, Jungle Treks, Caves, and a stop into Brunei to add another country to this trip.

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