Among overseas travelers, there is an old adage – although no formal pronouncement about it – that ‘not all passports are equal.’ But does this
Read MoreOrdering food in a restaurant should be a straightforward business. But not when there’s language barrier, and a menu card is written in a Chinese
Read MoreThe soon-to-come blog about my maiden trip in 1994 to Taipei (Taiwan’s capital city) is about humor, a case of language mishap. It happened at a restaurant where we ordered scallop. But what was delivered after a long wait was a three-kilogram fish!
The next article is about our family trip (five members) in Taipei in December of 2016. Although all of us applied for Taiwanese visa, only our son (Jr) was required to secure one. You may find the reasons why in the upcoming article.