Island Adventures , Rti

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.

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.

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.

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.