Far Side of the World (Taiwan, Part I)

For a while now, my main goal in life has been to live in such a way that Jimmy Buffett might write a song about me. It's going well so far.


It's Midnight on December 28th, 2011. I've just sat down to review, edit and upload a few pictures from my travels so far this week in Taiwan. It's the second time I've been here, and I'm doing my best to keep up on the photography.

I'm traveling with three of my best friends (Ryan, Dani and Huma), and we're having a blast. So far this week we've lived it up in Taipei, spent Christmas Day picking oranges on a mountain-side grove, taken a train down to the south of the country, driven motorcycles around Green Island, and that's just the start.

From tomorrow, we'll be going SCUBA diving in the ocean, snorkeling, and then returning to round off our trip exploring the night life in Taipei for a few days. We plan to cap it all off by watching the New Years fireworks display from the top of the Taipei 101 (formerly the tallest building on earth, now number two I believe). Whoo!

Far side of the world.


Pondering bananas.


Picking oranges on a mountain on Christmas Day.


Green Island coastline from a mountain top.


Keeping my eyes on the horizon to help ignore those thirty-foot waves.


Walking out on the diving dock into the ocean.


Ultraman pose on a cliff.