Taiwan – Lone Locust Productions

Taiwan (2024) – Data Only Mode

2025-02-28 by Eugene Glover

My last trip to Taiwan was in 2019, the year before the pandemic. I owned an iPhone X, and the only option I had to get inexpensive local phone/data service was to secure a physical SIM card from a local carrier and swap it out for the one in my phone. That system worked, and … Read more

Taiwan(2024) – Day Twelve – The Elephant in the City

2024-10-22 by Eugene Glover

October 16, 2024 Last full day in Taiwan! Tomorrow, we must leave at 8:00 AM to get to the airport, so there will be nothing but the business of travel. Chuwan and I got out reasonably early and had breakfast at WMD. Near the restaurant, there’s a little kiosk-like thing at the corner of Jiankang … Read more

Taiwan (2024) – Day Eleven – Eating Away at Vacation

2024-10-21 by Eugene Glover

October 15, 2024 Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that these “daily” blog posts are coming out about six days after the actual date. I won’t lie. I’m back home and finally getting around to “polishing up” my daily notes, which are incoherent to anyone but me. As an exercise in style, I try to retain … Read more

Taiwan (2024) – Day Ten – Biking for Food

2024-10-20 by Eugene Glover

Monday, October 14, 2024 I’ve said it before, but I think this one will be a short one! Today was a bit of a “down day” after yesterday’s excitement. Melz was back in school, and Chuwan and I had no plans for the day. We rented YouBikes and headed out for breakfast. We stopped at … Read more

Taiwan (2024) – Day Seven – A Day

2024-10-182024-10-15 by Eugene Glover

Friday, October 11, 2024 Sometimes, I look over my notes for a day, and I think, “This was a nothing day. I can bang out this narrative in 500 words or less.” Let’s see how that goes, shall we? Double-Ten may have fallen on a Thursday, but that doesn’t mean everyone gets a four-day weekend, … Read more

Taiwan (2024) – Day Five – Heading North

2024-10-182024-10-13 by Eugene Glover

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Up at 2:30 AM again. This time I managed to go back to bed until 5:30 AM. One of the quirky things about the Taiwanese is an obsession with sunrises. Hotels in the mountains often arrange excursions at insane hours of the day to reach some “famous” vantage point to see … Read more

Taiwan (2024) – Day One – The Day We Fought Jet Lag (and Ate.)

2024-10-182024-10-06 by Eugene Glover

Saturday, October 5, 2024 Stay positive. Don’t talk about food. Stay positive. Don’t talk about food. Fuck it. The food on the flight was terrible, and our first order of business was eating. We got to my in-laws’ at around 5:00 AM, and they were up and waiting for us. (My eldest child couldn’t be … Read more

Taiwan (2024) – Day Zero

2024-10-182024-10-05 by Eugene Glover

Thursday & Friday, October 3 & 4, 2024 In the past month or so, in the run-up to this trip, I’ve been watching tourists in Taiwan on YouTube. What I saw depressed me. I am not a “newbie” to Taiwan. I first visited in 1998. In chunks, I’ve spent the better part of a year … Read more

The Things They’ll Do to Children

2022-11-212010-07-11 by Eugene Glover

Michelle Singing from Lone Locust Productions on Vimeo. Kids and Karaoke don’t mix! Apparently this is what they get up to in Taiwan when I’m not around. Well, better while I’m not around.

Things I Love About Taiwan

2022-11-212010-07-08 by Eugene Glover

The list that follows is based strictly on my experiences in Taiwan, and while the list might seem facetious, it really isn’t. Taiwan is a bit like a crazy old uncle. He just doesn’t seem right in the head, but at the same time he’s a cool old dude.