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Overview

  • 29 references 24 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Taiwanese; learning English, Thai
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Tramp
  • Live and Learn
  • From Taiwan, Province of China
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About Me

I come from a small but beautiful country "Taiwan".
I speaks Mandarin, but I like to learn different languages.
Traveling helps me a lot. Realize and Experience different lifestyles, history, culture, people, languages, food….
You can learn many things via traveling.
This is the reason why I couldn't stop.

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CURRENT MISSION-
Striving to open a guesthouse in the future.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

● Experiencing different culture, language, food, lifestyles and
so on.
● Meeting local people.
● Sharing my experiences and culture.
● Promoting my beloved country "Taiwan".

Interests

● football, baseball, basketball, cycling. hiking, hitchhiking, mountaineering, adventure, languages, cultures, waterfalls, nature.
● Mysterious places.
● Mandarin Books.

  • culture
  • writing
  • books
  • architecture
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • mountaineering
  • sports
  • baseball
  • basketball
  • calligraphy
  • history
  • languages
  • hitchhiking
  • budget travel
  • ukulele
  • nature
  • football

Music, Movies, and Books

● Chinese Ballad.
● Those books which hits me in first sight.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Dec 8, 2014
Today is sunny day.
I was going to Tachilek(Myanmar) from Mae Sai(Thailand) with my friend Daniel in the morning. Because we didn't have any plan. We just hang around a market and street.

But Daniel said :「 it's so boring. Maybe we can go to climb a mountain.」

Because he saw a few mountains away out there. So we decided to go to one of mountain. We asked local people how to get there and set off. We passed by a village. We saw many children played together and did housework on the way. About 20 min later, we got the trailhead and ascended. 20 min later, we saw a pagoda and we stopped to saw that. And we saw many preserved trenches. we are so excited and went inside to take pictures. After a while, we saw a guy he came outside from a house. He carry a long stuff on his back. But we ignored him and keep talking and laughing. I found he keep staring us. And I carefully looked the "long stuff" again. No matter the shape, length, it looks like a gun!! FUCK!! So we clasped our hands and left as quick as possible to get back the original road.

And Daniel asked me :「 Do you want to keep going to top?」
I :「Of course! We already here! Why not!」

Almost 5 mins later, we got to the top. We first took pics with scenery, and turned back to go to Pagoda's platform. When we ready to aboard, I noticed two preserved trenches looks like I had seen a movie "The Burmese Harp" when I was child. So we hesitate, and then Daniel saw a board carved "central force military" 's sign.

And he asked me :「 Should we keep going?」
I told him :「It must beautiful down the hill.」

So we bent down and climbed the stairs. The last one has a cute puppy welcomed us. When we almost got the platform, I found a man who wear a green uniform and has a red star on it.

So I turned back and told him :「We should go!!」
When we down the mountain, we passed the first Pagoda. Suddenly, we heard someone yelling to us in Burmese. Although we can understood what was he saying, but we knew he was threaten us.

And I told Daniel :「RUN!!」
But he said :「 Don't!!」
So I told him : 「We can't speak Burmese. We can't communicate with them.」

And then, we stated to dash. I turned back to saw Daniel, he took off his shoes. Dashing by bare feet on concrete. 30 mins distance, we just took 5 mins. When we got to foothill, we keep turning back all the time. We were afraid of they take the gun and ride motorcycle to chase us. We like a main character on gangster films. We just wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

The night, when we on the way back home. Looked the sunset. We are so happy for alive. We keep talking and laughing. But we have this experience, we knows next time if you go to unfamiliar place. You have to wear a nice shoes!!

《逃亡》
二零一四年,十二月八號

這天豔陽高照,距離要回台灣的時間僅剩四天,所以把握最後的時間,決定前往緬甸,我和來自瑞士的丹尼爾Daniel Rothe結伴,從泰國邊境湄賽(Mae Sai)陸路進入緬甸,因為行前我們也沒什麼計畫,所以就四處晃晃,走著走著,丹尼爾發現不遠處有幾座山,想說我們可以到山頂上俯瞰整個城市,反正也不知道要幹嘛,我們就問了當地人要怎麼上山,他們跟我們指了指方向,我們就出發了,沒幾分鐘的路程,我們遇到了叉路,我們討論了一下,決定走左邊的叉路, 沿途經過一個簡樸的小村落,看到小朋友在玩耍、有些婦人在洗衣服,還有晒乾糧,還有些販賣零食的小商店,一切看來平靜且祥和,途中遇到一個司機問我們要不要搭motorbike,我們告訴他我們要用走的去山上,他笑了笑,然後指了方向,接下來,我們又遇到了一個僧侶,笑著說了些我們聽不懂的緬話,我們笑了笑,向他揮揮手,就繼續往前走,很快地,我們便到了登山口,我們順著水泥地開始攻頂,走了沒幾分鐘,已經滿頭大汗,伴著竹林約莫走了二十分鐘,我們看到了一個佛塔,於是走上樓梯看看,再剩最後幾階的時候,發現兩邊都有著新的沙包堆成的戰壕,興奮的東拍拍西看看,甚至踏入戰壕裡面體驗躲藏在沙包後,感受窺視遠方敵人的感覺,我那時還想附近會不會有地雷,結果過了不久,發現有人從旁邊的房子走了出來,不過我們還是繼續說說笑笑,只看到他雙手抓了個布袋背在背上,然後持續的盯著我們看,但我們還沒察覺到危險,當我再次仔細看了看他背上背的是什麼的時候,發現無論形狀、長度、他握的方式都像極了一把長槍,這時我們才發現不對勁,於是對著他合了個掌,趕緊離開,回到原路,

丹尼爾問我:「要不要繼續往上走?」
我說:「都來了,當然要上去看看。」

差不多五分鐘後,我們已經在山頂的佛塔下,我們先是拍了拍山下的景色,然後回過頭來,準備要上到佛塔的觀景平台時,我們注意到了平台下方有兩道像我小時候看的電影「緬甸的豎琴」裡才有的戰壕,所以我們開始猶豫,而接下來丹尼爾在樓梯的路口看到了牌子上刻著central force military的字樣後,

問我:「真的要上去嗎?」
但我告訴他:「從上面往下看應該很美。」

於是彎著身子爬上樓梯,而最後一階還有隻可愛的小狗迎接我們,但當我快要上到平台時,發現遠方有一個穿了綠色制服,上還繡著紅色星星時,

我就回頭告訴他:「我們走吧!! 」

下山的時候,我們又經過了第一個佛塔,突然聽到有人對我們用緬話叫喊,雖然聽不懂,但感覺的出來應該是在威脅我們,

於是我就告訴丹尼爾說:「我們跑吧!!」
但他卻告訴我說:「不要跑。」
但我馬上又補了一句:「他們不會講英文,我們沒辦法溝通。」

然後就開始拔腿狂奔,然後我回頭也看到丹尼爾把他的拖鞋脫了,赤腳在水泥地上狂奔,原本三十分鐘的路程,我們只花了五分鐘就到山腳下,沿途我們不停的回頭,深怕他們騎摩托車或開車拿著槍來追我們,這時真感覺自己像極了警匪片裡主角,到了山下,總算寬心了一點,但我們還是馬不停蹄,只想趕快離開這裡,沿路我們依舊不停回頭,怕他們追來,或是山下的居民其實是眼線,搞不好他們用無線電通知他們我們的位置,或是他們其實都是一夥的,說不定等下就有人從住家裡拿著步槍走出來對我們掃射,但還好這些都沒發生,然後我們漸行漸遠,碰到了一群剛下課的學生,其中還有許多小朋友對我們微笑,我們也以微笑回禮,但緊接著就看到一個女孩,對村民用手比著槍的姿勢,感覺好像在串通什麼,於是我們加快腳步,趕緊離開,途中還注意到了緬甸的電影海報清一色都是有關打鬥的電影,絕對是"戰鬥民族"無誤,幸好,在回到市區的路上,沒遇到什麼突發狀況,但丹尼爾因為剛剛赤腳跑下山,覺得腳很痛,所以我們變找了個咖啡廳坐下休息,此時,丹尼爾的後腳跟已經起了三顆水泡,突然覺得,還好我現在已經養成穿鞋的習慣,不會像以前老是穿拖鞋,不然我也會像他一樣 ; 接著我們驚魂未定的討論著剛才的情況,

他問我說:「我們是不是應該把照片刪掉。」
我說:「只有你知我知,幹嘛刪,或許我們幾年後再回到這裡,我們就騎著摩托車攻頂。」

真的慶幸還好第一個背槍的人沒做什麼,也提醒了我們,讓我們有了警覺,如果沒遇到他,我們可能就大搖大擺的走上山頂平台欣賞風景,殊不知已經大難臨頭,芒刺在背,然後又想起了當時的那個僧侶, 貌似在阻止我們別上山,也或許那兩座佛塔其實只是他們的掩飾,最後有驚無險,菩薩保佑,得以保命,原本預計在緬甸待到下午四點,我們兩點就離開了,因為感覺只要在緬甸就很不安全,即便已經快出關口,我們的口中還是「不,我們還沒出關口,還沒到泰國,還是要小心」,回到泰國,真的就有一種回到家鄉的感覺,感覺特別的安心自在,然後我們去了湄賽一座山上,遙望著對岸的緬甸,指著剛剛那個觀景平台,

笑了笑對對岸的山頭說到:「我們還活著!!」

當晚在回程路上,看著美麗的夕陽,慶幸我們依然安好,不然看夕陽的可能只是我們的頭,渡過了驚魂的一天,也絕對是人生最刺激的一天,我們依然談笑風生;不過,有了這次的經驗,知道下次如果去到人生地不熟的地方,記得一定要穿一雙好的跑鞋。

Teach, Learn, Share

● Teach : Mandarin, Chinese Calligraphy, Baking
● Learn : I am very interested in any language.
I am learning Thai in present.
● Share : I am willing to share my travel experiences and Taiwanese culture.

What I Can Share with Hosts

● Language
● Travel experience
● Culture
● Lifestyle
● Food

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Taiwan, Thailand

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