Traveler Profile: Kid Journalist

Little Yellow: A Tribute To Taipei Taxi Drivers

By Kid Journalist | Location: Taiwan | 05/05/09 | Pics: 0

The Chinese characters for "taxi cab" directly translate to “Little Yellow.”

Thanks to all the drivers who will cut off four lanes of traffic to pick us up; to the cabbies who take pride in their cabs and to the ones driving the beaters that we’ve hailed and then shoo’d...

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By Kid Journalist | Location: Taiwan | 04/23/09 | Pics: 0

The blonde spins gracefully at my finger tips in slow motion. The song is something familiar, something classic and soulful; Motown— music designed to be felt as much as heard. She can really move; she makes me look good and I tell her. I pull her close and normal time resumes, but I’ve spilled...

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By Kid Journalist | Location: Taiwan | 02/04/09 | Pics: 3

-- Taipei, Taiwan

As the MRT leaves Nanshijiao Station at the very end of the orange line, Death Cab’s “Title Track” begins to play on my MP3 player. The riff plucks along and the muffled track churns out into my headphones. I’m feeling simultaneously mellow and jittery from an...

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by sophialove | 2009/06/18

Hello
My
name is Sophia,i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my
picture for you to know whom i am.Here is my email address( ) I believe we can move from here I am waiting.
(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
Thanks
Sophia

by tjaskey18 | 2009/06/17

ok so you are doing exactly what i want to do how is it how did you get involved and did you get TEFL certified?

by jgbrandt | 2008/01/25

It's true, I shouldn't vow to never return somewhere. I never thought I'd wind up living in Spain and going back to some of the places I went in Europe as a 17 year old. Such is life. Thanks for the comments man!

by Valerie | 2008/01/17

haha, Glad you liked my pictures, Justin :) And for the record - I was just pretending to drink from the big serving glass. And you've been to some great places yourself... what are you doing in Taiwan?

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by Tim Patterson | 2007/10/07

Hey -

Pitch me an article idea for www.bravenewtraveler.com if you have the time and inclination - $20 per post on an aspect of travel - can be a how to, a meditation on the morality of roadtrips, a pro and cons of traveling with a girlfriend piece - whatever you want to write - just take a look at the guidelines and article archive first!

-tim

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Little Yellow: A Tribute To Taipei Taxi Drivers

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