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Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 day ago: With 2009 coming to a close I thought I would take a moment to highlight some of my favorite posts [ … more →

Tags: Central Taiwan, Cycling, Northern Taiwan, Photography, Southern Taiwan

Cycling - Xinshe and Back10 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 2 weeks ago: From left to right:  Provincial HWY 14, Township Route 6, County Route 136, Township Route 100 [I mi … more →

Tags: Central Taiwan, Cycling, Nantou County, Taichung County

2009 Tongluo Chrysanthemum & Taro Festival

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 month ago: The 2009 Miaoli Tongluo Chrysanthemum & Taro Festival [2009苗栗銅鑼杭菊芋頭節] kicked off on Saturday, No … more →

Tags: Miaoli County, chrysanthemum, Tongluo

Taiwan Design Expo [3 of 3] - The Old Taichung Winery5 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 2 months ago: This post is the third and final post of the series.  This one focuses on the Old Taichung Winery.  … more →

Tags: Historic Sites, Taichung City, Old Taichung Winery, TAIWAN DESIGN EXPO

Taiwan Design Expo [2 of 3] - The Other Stuff

Todd Alperovitz wrote 2 months ago: Welcome to part two of the three part series on the Taiwan Design Expo.  We didn’t spent too m … more →

Tags: Taichung City, Taiwan, TAIWAN DESIGN EXPO

Taiwan Design Expo [1 of 3] - Robots1 comment

Todd Alperovitz wrote 2 months ago: 演 [yǎn] – to develop / to evolve / to practice / to perform / to play / to act This post is th … more →

Tags: Taichung City, Taiwan, TAIWAN DESIGN EXPO

Wolongpo and Tengshan Trail Tung Blossoms8 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 8 months ago: I had the great pleasure of heading up to Baguashan [八卦山] this morning to check out the Tung Blossom … more →

Tags: Nantou County, Changhua County, Central Taiwan, Hiking Trails, Baguashan, 2009 Hakka Tung Blossom Festival, Tengshan Trail

Saturday Cycling - Tung Blossoms and Baguashan8 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 8 months ago: Usually before I go cycling I’ve already decided several days ahead of time where I’ll b … more →

Tags: Central Taiwan, Changhua County, Cycling, Nantou County, 2009 Hakka Tung Blossom Festival, Baguashan

Saturday Cycling - To Guguan5 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 10 months ago: Ninety-Nine Peaks [九九峰)], view the large. On Saturday, I went with Da-xiang, a family friend to the … more →

Tags: Nantou County, Central Taiwan, Taichung County, Cycling, Guguan Hot Springs

Taiwan Glass Exhibition Hall

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: The Taiwan Glass Exhibition Hall [台灣玻璃館], founded by Taiwan Mirror Glass Enterprise LTD. provides lo … more →

Tags: Changhua County, Lugang, Taiwan Glass Exhibition Hall

A brief return to Baguashan6 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: Sunday’s bike trip was a much briefer one than the previous week because I had a mountain of h … more →

Tags: Nantou County, Changhua County, Central Taiwan, Cycling, Taiwan, Baguashan

Changcing Bikeway on Baguashan5 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: Taking advantage of a fine day on the eve of Typhoon Jingmi’s arrival I decided to do some cyc … more →

Tags: Nantou County, Changhua County, Central Taiwan, Cycling

Car Free Day 2008 - Ershui2 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: Cycling events were held all over Taiwan over the weekend in celebration of the International Car Fr … more →

Tags: Changhua County, Car Free Day 2008

The Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Natural Science

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: This weekend I checked out the Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Natural Science [國立自然科學博物館 … more →

Tags: Taichung City

Doing the Touristy Stuff3 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: Two salespeople from the company Cathy works for had to entertain a couple of their company’s … more →

Tags: Taipei City, Taichung City, Taipei 101, Northern Taiwan, Taichung County, High Speed Rail, National Palace Museum, San-hsi t'ang Teahouse, Chih-shan Garden

Lukang, Taiwan: Temple Hopping and Taiwanese Street Food

wanderaahh wrote 1 year ago: Lukang, in Western Taiwan, appears to be an uninteresting small town in Taiwan. But don’t alwa … more →

Tags: Asia, Taiwan, Travel, Taichung, Lukang, Chunghua, Matsu Temple, Longshan Temple, Yu Zhen Zhai

921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan7 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: Taiwanese and international newscasts reporting the deadly quake At 1:47 in the early morning of Sep … more →

Tags: Taichung County, 921 Earthquake, museum, Taiwan

Lunch in Sanyi and Shengsing Train Station8 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 1 year ago: A handful of Cherry Blossoms [櫻花] Over the weekend we drove a two-car caravan to lunch at Green Ark … more →

Tags: Miaoli County, Sanyi

Hiking in the Dakeng Scenic Area12 comments

Todd Alperovitz wrote 2 years ago: The weekend was one of those rare 2-day weekends because my students were busy at their regular scho … more →

Tags: Hiking Trails, Taichung City, d40, Hiking, Nikon, Travel


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