Five of Taiwan’s Best: A Travel Writer’s Recent Discoveries

Steven Crook’s List of Taiwan hot spots A few days ago a friend asked me this question: “Of the places you’ve been to recently, which have been the most impressive or most memorable?” I thought about this for a little while, and came up with a list of five attractions.

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Day in the Life of a Temple Sister

Trista di Genova, The Wild East During a recent visit to the Foguang Shan Buddhist Monastery in southern Taiwan, the Ven. Miao Tan shared her story of entering the monastery. After “having doubts about life”, she came from Singapore to live and practice Buddhism, and learn “the value of life.”

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