Emma Benack shares some more suggestions for the best day trips in and around Taipei. She talks about visiting the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, where there's always new, interesting exhibitions, and also speaks with travel vloggers Lukas Engström and Myrthe Jonker about hiking Teapot Mountain and exploring Yangmingshan National Park.

Lukas Engström: https://www.youtube.com/@LukasInTaiwan/featured

Myrthe Jonker: https://www.youtube.com/@MyrtheJonker

Emma Benack shares some of her favorite places to visit around Taipei and talks with other travel bloggers about their own recommendations. PJ from The Travelling Welshman and vlogger Myrthe Jonker share about their experiences visiting the old streets of Jiufen and the teahouses and museums in Pinglin.

The Travelling Welshman: https://www.youtube.com/@thetravellingwelshman/videos

Myrthe Jonker: https://www.youtube.com/@MyrtheJonker

Emma Benack speaks with fellow RTI host Brendan Wong about his bucket list pertaining to exploring the water and smaller Islands that surround Taiwan.

Emma Benack speaks with fellow RTI host Brendan Wong about how his perspective of Taiwan changed after returning home from studying at an American university. Brendan also talks about some adventures that are still on his Taiwan bucket list, like riding a bike all around the island.

In the second half of this interview, Emma Benack speaks with Julie Chou, an artist who has collaborated with the various communities in Taiwan like Treasure Hill and the Taipei Artist Village. Julie describes how she got started on her first art projects that she used to apply for international grants, and how she eventually found her way back to creating a new kind of art in Taiwan.

To find out more information about Treasure Hill and Julie Chou, you can visit ​​​this site:

https://www.artistvillage.org/artist-detail.php?p=4107

Emma Benack speaks with Julie Chou, an artist who has worked on projects with Treasure Hill Artist Village for many years. Treasure Hill is a former veteran's community in Taipei that has transformed throughout the 20th and 21st centuries into something that is now open to the public as an artist village. It's a place where the public can explore various art studios and exhibitions and also interact with artists who live there as a part of a special grant. Julie talks a bit about her journey with Treasure Hill from the village’s initial opening, and later goes into talking about the site's earlier history and her own journey as an artist.

To find out more information about Treasure Hill and Julie Chou, you can visit ​​​this site:

https://www.artistvillage.org/artist-detail.php?p=4107

In the last segment of this interview, Emma Benack speaks with travel blogger Arseniy about his trip to Tainan, the original capital of Taiwan. Arseniy talks about visiting the Ten Drum Cultural Village in Tainan, and the various activities visitors of all ages can enjoy.

In a continuation of last week's interview, Emma Benack speaks with Arseniy, the Russian creator of the blog Eat Travel Taiwan, who has lived in Taiwan for more than 8 years. On this episode, Arseniy talks about his camping trip to Mt. Qilai, which is known for being one of Taiwan's most accessible and popular mountains that's part of the Hundred Peaks trails. Hiking Mt. Qilai involves applying for permits and arranging public transport but Arseniy's descriptions make the trek sound completely worth it.

Emma Benack speaks with Arseniy, the Russian creator of the blog Eat Travel Taiwan, about his adventures around two of Taiwan's archipelagoes - Matsu and Penghu. Arseniy explains a bit behind Matsu's history and describes some of the various attractions including fresh seafood markets, opportunities for snorkeling and scuba diving, deer parks, as well as beautiful beaches and architecture.

Check out more of Arseniy's adventures and travel tips by visiting his blog:

https://www.facebook.com/Eat.Travel.Taiwan

https://www.instagram.com/eat_travel_taiwan/?fbclid=IwAR1SKgORXDSZpORsN7uyXLvWZVoGs4onfn7qASQwYull6Mu4oaA1WifuOhs

In the second half of this interview, Emma Benack speaks with the editor-in-chief of Travel in Taiwan, Johannes Twellman. Johannes shares about some of his travel experiences learning from Taiwan's Indigenous people on the East coast, and differences he's observed between how Taiwan and European countries have grown over the past 20 years.