Gordon shared his experience of being a tour guide with Taiwan Scene and gave us a perfect summary of his career: “My job is like taking on a super mission every day. We listen to people’s stories, help them find their old memories and create a new chapter of their lives.”
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Fines Lee (李取中), the publisher of The Big Issue Taiwan, sat dowm and talk about his vision and misson of sharing the beauty in the neighborhoods wih us.
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In the two years he’s been a tour guide, from his days as a rookie to the more experienced guide he is now, Kai has had to overcome the emotions and emotional labor of simply being a person, whether in the workplace, with family or in a relationship. Tour guides are people too and have…
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Recognizable for her short hair, Kelly joined MyTaiwanTour more than five years ago. She blends in depth knowledge of Taiwan with humor, making her an ideal tour guide to introduce Taiwan to visitors. However, being a tour guide is not just about introducing Taiwan to the world, it’s about introducing the world to Taiwan. Seemingly…
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Working at MyTaiwanTour for more than four years, our business development manager Fion doesn’t work directly with customers who come to Taiwan, but her job still revolves around the most important element of the travel industry: people. One of Fion’s missions is to develop the business of MyAsiaTour, our new brand that aims to expand…
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With the arrival of 2018, we want to review these memorable moments we’ve been through in 2017, hoping to meet all of you again here in Taiwan!
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If you’ve spent any time at all in Taiwan or China, you’ve probably seen Tai Chi being practiced in parks, usually in the early morning by anything from single practitioners to large, semi-choreographed groups. For the past month or so I’ve been practicing Tai Chi myself three mornings a week, and I thought I’d use this week’s column to share my experience.
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As an exceptionally warm and eventful September gives way to a (presumably) cooler October, I find myself reflecting on two important events of the past month, events that are on the surface unrelated but that I, in true gonzo journalist tradition, plan to not merely connect, but to do so in a way that makes sense.
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