Talefeathers: The Latitude 35 Blog

A one-day tour to Taiwan's northeast coast: Yehliu Geopark, Jiufen Old Town, Shifen Waterfall, and Shifen Old Street One of the most...

The best, the original, the influential, the highest, and the cutest. The Taipei 101 building at night. As the name implies, it's 101...

The crappy food isn't what you're thinking... A cute 3-D animated tiger at the Shilin Night Market (©Karen Cristello, 2025) I came to Taipei for three days of sweltering fun before my main adventure in Vietnam. (Seriously, it was in the 90s °F and relative humidity in the 80s. Boo-hoo!) I'd never been to Taiwan before, so didn't have many expectations. I was delighted to find that it reminded me of Japan in many ways — especially cartoon characters and general cuteness, some

What makes a great meal? It's not just about "fancy" food. In my previous post, It's All About the Food: Eatables as Experience, I had...

The Gateway to Expanded Horizons and Cultural Understanding. Mmmmm... sizzling Korean barbecue! The other day I was thinking how food is...

Many years ago, with a freshly earned English literature and professional writing degree in hand, I hopped on a plane to Kyoto, where I ...