Letters from a tense Thailand

Expat Chat Political Beats

February 4, 2014January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment bars and live music, Bear Claw Club, Cheap Charlies, Kevin MacCash, musicians and songwriters, New Artists Bar, Phuket Thailand, what to see in Taiwan

By Kevin MacCash (listen to his music here) Jan 23. Phuket is like Detroit. A city they built for a population that isn’t coming anymore. A faded beauty. Since the protests started the people are coming less and less and since they declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and

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Five of Taiwan’s Best: A Travel Writer’s Recent Discoveries

Beautiful Island

September 19, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment Buddha Memorial Center, Gupoliao Jhuang Family Residence, Lanyang Museum, National Museum of Taiwan History, Steven Crook, Taiwan Theater Museum, Taiwan tourism, what to see in Taiwan

Steven Crook’s List of Taiwan hot spots A few days ago a friend asked me this question: “Of the places you’ve been to recently, which have been the most impressive or most memorable?” I thought about this for a little while, and came up with a list of five attractions.

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Touring Taiwan’s outlying islands

Beautiful Island

May 25, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment Battle of Guningtou, cheap travel tour package deals, Chinese Civil War, Flying Fish Festival Taitung County, green island, Guningtou War Museum, homestay information and reservations, Kinmen Quemoy 金門縣, Koxinga 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé;, Kuomintang, mao communist cafe, Mao Tse Tung, Orchid Island, Orchid Island Lanyu 蘭嶼, Taiwan travel, travel stories about Taiwan, Trista di Genova travel writing, what to see in Taiwan

An excerpt of the Lin Yang (of the DPA, Deutsche Presse-Agentur) interview with Trista di Genova, who has traveled to and written about her fascination with history and culture on Taiwan’s outlying islands, so far Orchid Island, Green Island and Kinmen. Lin Yang’s travel story will be published in the

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Day in the Life of a Temple Sister

Religion and Spirituality

January 20, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 1 Comment entering the monastery, Foguang Shan Temple, Kaohsiung Foguang Buddhist Monastery, spiritual retreats in Taiwan, Taiwan Buddhist temples, Taiwan tourism, what to see in Taiwan

Trista di Genova, The Wild East During a recent visit to the Foguang Shan Buddhist Monastery in southern Taiwan, the Ven. Miao Tan shared her story of entering the monastery. After “having doubts about life”, she came from Singapore to live and practice Buddhism, and learn “the value of life.”

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