About
About this blog
This blog began in February 2005. The blog was originally hosted at Blogger, but moved to its own domain and the WordPress platform in August 2006. I started the blog because I wanted to write more about Taiwan and cover a wider range of topics than was possible on my website, David’s Guide to Taiwan. David’s Guide to Taiwan is now part of Taiwanderful – the Taiwan Guide, a community website created by fiLi and myself. This website is hosted by AN Hosting.
About David
I am Australian and I first came to Taiwan in 1999 and spent a year teaching English and studying Chinese. I had studied Chinese in my final year at university and wanted to go to Taiwan or China to learn to speak Mandarin and also experience living and working in a foreign country. I returned to Taiwan for six months in 2002, before leaving to work for a Taiwanese company in Fujian Province, China. I have travelled extensively throughout Asia and also spent time living and working in China, Thailand and India.
In April 2006 I once again returned to Taiwan. I live in Taipei County and I am a student in the International Master’s Program in Taiwan Studies at National Chengchi University (NCCU; 國立政治大學).
I am an author at Global Voices Online. My writings have also been published in the Bangkok Post, Xiamen Daily, Seeds of Peace, Highway 11 magazine and at culture.tw. I am available for freelance writing projects and reporting in Taiwan.
You can follow me on Twitter at @davidonformosa.
Photos
The photos on this blog were taken with a Fujifilm Finepix s5500 or a Nikon Coolpix 5200 digital camera. I upgraded to a Canon 400D digital SLR in April 2008. If you have any questions about a photo just leave a comment. Please respect copyright and don’t use my photos without permission.
You can find a selection of my best Taiwan photos at flickr and zoomr. I have also created a photo gallery with a range of photos depicting various aspects of life in Taiwan. Some of my photos are available for licencing via Demotix. My photos have been published in National Geographic, Sky Couch magazine and several books.
Copyright
All material on this blog is copyright. Please do not copy articles or use photos without permission. You are welcome to link to any page of this blog and quote sections of articles in relevant context.
Advertising and affiliate programs
There are ads for a number of affiliates on this blog. These are Amazon.com and World Nomads travel insurance. Links to these affilliates appear on the site and may occasionally appear within posts. The blog has Google Adsense as well.
The affiliate programs and advertising allow me to earn a small amount of money to cover the hosting costs and hopefully a little more. If you are interested in advertising on this blog please contact me.