Okinawa is a beach vacation destination that many of my friends from Taiwan have frequented, only 1.5 hour flight away (3 and 2 hour flight from Tokyo and Osaka respectively). For some reason, I haven’t[…]
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Author: jaclync
Electrical to software engineer by trade, recently left full-time job in the Silicon Valley for digital nomad life based in Taiwan. Cares about details, loves traveling around the world experiencing different cultures and recording everyday life indoors and outdoors. Also a foodie, trying new restaurants and cafes, always photos first.
3 Days in New York City with a toddler
Embarking on a New York City adventure with a toddler can seem daunting, and we’ve postponed until our daughter is 3Y4M this summer when we can enjoy a lot more activities together. With some planning,[…]
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Berry picking at Lakeland Orchard, PA
While staying with my in-laws in PA in the US, we visited a farm to pick berries from a family friend’s recommendation. We loved it so much that we went twice within 3 weeks, the[…]
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3 Days in Singapore with a toddler
When my husband was staffing a booth at a conference in Singapore this year, we decided for me to bring our 2Y10M daughter toward the end of the event on Friday. From there, we spent[…]
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3 Days in Kyoto with a toddler
For the last part of the Kaisai trip with our 2Y7M daughter, we took the train to Kyoto after 3 days in Osaka and half a day in Nara. We had 3 full days in[…]
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Half day in Nara with a toddler
After spending 3 days in Osaka with our 2Y7M daughter in October 2023, we traveled to Nara for half a day before heading to Kyoto for the last 3 days of the trip. Compared to[…]
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3 Days in Osaka with a toddler
After traveling with our daughter to Tokyo twice, we planned another trip to the Kansai region in October 2023 when she was 2Y7M. We had 7 full days, and spent 3 days in Osaka, then[…]
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A week in Tokyo with a toddler
After about 6 months from the last trip with our daughter, we traveled to Tokyo again the week before my work trip. This time, she was 2y2m with a lot more opinions and expressions. It[…]
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Toddler’s second time in Tokyo Disneyland
After the last visit to Disneyland & Disney Sea, we went back to Tokyo less than six months later before a work trip. This time, we just spent one day in Disneyland. We chose Disneyland[…]
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A week in Tokyo with toddler-to-be
Near the end of 2022, we finally started planning our first actual vacation abroad with our 1y9m toddler-to-be. We traveled to Tokyo twice in recent years, but there were a lot more logistics and planning[…]
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2 Days at Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea with toddler-to-be
25 years ago, I visited Tokyo Disney with my family for the first time. For my husband, Disney World in Florida was also full of childhood memories with his family. This December, two months after[…]
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One Day in Fulong, Taiwan
Back in July 2020, we stayed in Fulong one night before heading to Luodong and Toucheng in Yilan. Fulong is just a quick train ride from Taipei, and a popular destination for day trips. We[…]
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Two days in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
It’s been a while since I updated the blog. It was mostly because our daughter was born this year, and we had a tough few months with COVID in Taiwan. There are many places that[…]
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Walking back in time in Rome, Italy
On our 9-day trip to Italy back in October 2019, we spent 3 full days in Rome other than Venice and Bologna. This was the second time I visited Rome, and the city felt bigger[…]
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Sheep Day in Qingjing Farm, Central Taiwan
Last June, we went on a spontaneous day trip to a sheep farm with my family after the COVID situation got calmer. Qingjing Farm was first built by the military government in 1961, and veterans[…]
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Day trip to Yokohama, Japan
This is a belated post for a trip from December two years ago. After Enoshima & Kamakura, we took a day trip to Yokohama while we stayed in Tokyo. We got a Tokyu one-day pass[…]
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A hot spring day in Jiaoxi, Yilan
Jiaoxi is probably the town that attracts the most tourists in Yilan, especially in the cooler winter season. The town is easily accessible by train, and I always felt refreshed after stepping out of the[…]
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2 Days in Luodong, Yilan, Taiwan
In the past 2 years, we’ve stayed in Luodong 3 times. Luodong is one of the largest towns in Yilan, if not bigger than Yilan city. We find Luodong the most convenient to explore sights[…]
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Half-day in Bologna, Italy
Last October, we were in Bologna for an iOS conference #Pragma that takes place in different cities of Italy each year (online this year due to COVID). We took a train from Venice to Bologna,[…]
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Half-day in Toucheng, Yilan, Taiwan
On the last day of our trip to Yilan, we rented a car via iRent to explore Toucheng town for the first time. Toucheng is the northmost town of Yilan county, and was developed the[…]
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