![[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6-Months-e1509616723374-1018x460.png "[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?")
![[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Taiwan_Chinese-e1490793603497-1018x460.png "[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?")
![[Spetlight] [Japan] Kitsune Dog?!](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/5110021352_3e0bd2de52_o-1018x460.jpg "[Spetlight] [Japan] Kitsune Dog?!")
![[Iceland] Trolling Me Softly With Their Elves](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Huldufólk-670x300.jpg "[Iceland] Trolling Me Softly With Their Elves")
Are huldufólk the “drop bears” of Iceland?
![[Canada] The Real Appeal of Niagara Falls](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_6834-670x300.jpg "[Canada] The Real Appeal of Niagara Falls")
Niagara Falls was definitely worth visiting, but not necessarily for the reasons I had been told.
![[India] Why I said I’d never go to India, and why I am](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/3354390187_b7d1655efe_o-670x300.jpg "[India] Why I said I’d never go to India, and why I am")
This coming week I’ll be travelling to India for the first time in my life, and despite – or perhaps because of – my Indian ethnicity it’s a journey I never envisioned myself taking. Here’s why.
![[Taiwan] On Leaving and Grief](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/12431712614_908da8dccd_k-670x300.jpg "[Taiwan] On Leaving and Grief")
There is a bittersweet tinge to leaving your home, no matter where you have made it.
![[Taiwan] Taiwan – Completionist Hell](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Stamps-1-e1513239946750-670x300.jpg "[Taiwan] Taiwan – Completionist Hell")
Taiwan seems to have interpreted the point of souvenir stamps in a way that leads only to anguish.
![[Korea] Coin Karaoke vs. Solo Karaoke](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Noraebang-Kav-670x300.jpg "[Korea] Coin Karaoke vs. Solo Karaoke")
There are two main ways to enjoy noraebang (Korean karaoke) solo in Korea. Let’s break them down!
![[Photoset] Mendoza & The Andes, Argentina (2014)](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mendoza-and-the-Andes-670x300.jpg "[Photoset] Mendoza & The Andes, Argentina (2014)")
Mendoza is a wine-soaked desert in northern-central Argentina, and my first visit there also marks the first time I laid eyes on the Andes, to date my favourite sight in the world. Please enjoy my photos from that trip!
All I wanted was a pair of black slippers that fit me…
![[Taiwan] Please Pay on Alighting](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pay-on-Alighting-670x300.jpg "[Taiwan] Please Pay on Alighting")
We live in an age where most major cities worldwide will have some degree of English guidance. Unfortunately, sometimes the language used in signage is in common use and may lead to some unnecessary confusion!
![[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6-Months-e1509616723374-670x300.png "[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?")
Well, it’s been a while!
I’ve been studying Mandarin at National Taiwan University for six months and am now on a break in formal studies. This seems like a good time to reflect on what I have actually learned in this time.