July 26, 2010
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Memories of Kaohsiung: A happy birthday

I don’t think I could have asked for any better way to spend the first few hours of my 29th birthday.  Standing at the Martyrs Shrine in Kaohsiung, Taiwan looking out over a spectacular night view I had to laugh.  Beside me my new friend Molly (in Taiwan everyone seems to have a Westernized nickname) looked

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July 26, 2010
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Memories of Kaohsiung: My $150 shave

It was nothing like the movies.  She didn’t lather my face with shaving cream, she didn’t wrap a big fluffy cotton towel around my neck, she didn’t even smile and speak in a comforting Italian accent.  After a quick application of a rather thin cream she got to work with a brisk businesslike air.  I could

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July 21, 2010
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Taipei adventures: The mystical town of Jiufen

‘I’ve never tried this before,’ I said to Julia punching my straw through a thin plastic covering into a cup of unsweetened soy milk. ‘Really? I think it’s fantastic and I drink it all the time,’ Julia responded with a laugh. A few sips later the watered down nutty flavor of soy had

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