Pingtung Confucius Temple (屏東孔廟) — Josh Ellis Photography

It was a rare occasion that I found myself in Pingtung City, after what was probably a decade since my last visit. I was there primarily to check out the Pingtung Martial Arts Hall, but with about eight hours available to tour the city before having to be back in Kaohsiung for my birthday celebratio

YOULUO MOUNTAIN (油羅山O型)

Located in Hsinchu’s mountainous Wufeng District, Youluo Mountain Trail is a wonderfully compact day hike. With its mist-cloaked paths and tall, quiet trees, it’s a complete escape from the city.…

Cycling from Zhubei to Baishatun: Relaxed Round Taiwan Trip Part Eight — Tom Rook Art

A relaxed ride down Taiwan’s west coast between Zhubei and Baishatun

A Weekend Adventure: Scooter Trip to Wutai 霧臺

A day trip into the mountains of Pingtung to my favorite lunch spot.

Taiwan Cycle 100 – Taiwan’s Top 100 climbs and routes for riders who want more.

Circling Taiwan in style

A Weekend Adventure: Visiting Kaohsiung’s Instant Noodle Temple

South Taiwan’s first instant noodle temple.

I visited the most overrated attraction in Asia’s most underrated country

I’m elbow deep in a crowd of a few hundred people when the regret starts to kick in.

Sansa Public School Veneration Hall (三叉公學校奉安殿) — Josh Ellis Photography

Over the past few years, I’ve found myself taking part in somewhat of a Shinto Shrine scavenger hunt across Taiwan, searching for the remnants of the hundreds of shrines that were constructed here during the fifty year period of Japanese Colonial rule. Even though the vast majority of them were torn