Travel tips

      Mar 19, 2018• by liu_tw

      Taiwan's Kenting National Park without a car or a scooter

      Most guidebooks or blog posts about Kenting National Park will tell you to rent a scooter, but you can actually do without. That leaves you with two main options: walking and taking the bus. All this...

      May 10, 2018• by liu_tw

      ATM fees in Taiwan

      Most of ATMs in Taiwan don't have fees for international withdrawals, including Visa / Mastercard. However, some ATMs might make you pay a fee (usually NTD 100). So unless you're in a big hurry...

      Aug 16, 2019• by PokerPilgrim

      Montreal in the Winter: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

      Montreal is one of the most complex cities we have ever visited. It is culturally rich, steeped in history, and ground zero for French-English bi-culturalism. It is also an industrial port, forged by...

      Aug 3, 2019• by PokerPilgrim

      How to Spend Four Fabulous Days in Chicago

      Recently, my daughter and I visited the city of Chicago in celebration of her high school graduation. While I had been to the city of Chicago twice before, both were very brief trips. I have always...

      Jul 24, 2019• by PokerPilgrim

      How To Spend a Fabulous Day in Toronto

      Spending a single day in a major city is the speed dating of travel. What can you report other than the city is "kind of attractive, and seems to have a decent personality"? However, after our day in...