Swimming With Sparkling Plankton on Koh Rong’s Long Beach

Swimming With Sparkling Plankton on Koh Rong’s Long Beach

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info.  If I haven’t already convinced you to visit the beautiful Cambodian island Koh Rong, you’ll be packing your bags after this post. This winter I spent a few days in Cambodian island paradise, cut off from the internet, technology and sometimes electricity! On […]

Aboriginal Taiwan: Visiting Orchid Island

Aboriginal Taiwan: Visiting Orchid Island

This summer while backpacking around Taiwan, I made a trip to Taiwan’s Orchid Island, otherwise known as Lanyu. Before the Chinese arrived, Taiwan was home to aboriginal locals, similar in ethnicity to those from the Philippines and Hawaii. After the Chinese conquest (and subsequent Japanese rule), much of the native culture has been lost. Fortunately, Orchid […]