August 19th, 2007
Welcome to Liefintaiwan’s blog!
Liefintaiwan is simply a blog about my life in Taiwan. My name is Rich Matheson and my nickname is Lief (pronounced “life” not “leaf”). I am teaching English here in Taiwan and have been since 1991. I am also a partner(with my wife and her sisters) in an aboriginal themed pub called Hud La Voos, which means drink alcohol in her native language, and have recently opened a small aboriginal themed restaurant called Hud La Noom, which means drink water as there is no word for coffee in the Bunong language. We opened the restaurant when we had our son
, Vaji
,
so my wife didn’t have to work so late and we could all be together. We also have some land in Kaohsiung County, San Ming Township, where we have built a small wooden house and hope to move up there permanently asap and open a guest house.
The real catalyst for the blog, however, is my passion for photography.
I have been writing(not my passion, so mediocre at best but hopefully informative) and taking pictures for publications since about 1998. So, on this blog i will post some new photos and also some published articles that may be of use to Taiwan travelers and those wishing to know a little bit about Taiwan culture.
Cheers,
Lief (Rich Matheson) Tainan City, August 19th, 2007
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Hi Lief,
I’m Devon who just had lunch @ Hud La Noom with my family today.
Your blog is awesome. I like the way you’re living here.
It’s very nice to meet you & your whole family.
AND , The lunch is great !
Interesting blog. I’m planning to go teach English on the mainland at the beginning of 2009, and hope to visit Taiwan a few times. I will be be back.
Where is your B&B……after your closed Hud La Noom, we are looking for another but still can’t satisfied with anyothers……..hope see you guys again sooooooooon…….
I am rajen nair a Journalist and photographer from India. I read your blog about the typhoon and am interested in interviewing you. Can you pls contact me soon.
Hello Lief,
Thank you for the excellent blog which helps people know what it is like in the area.
I am part of Paiwan. My brother-in-law is a Bunon, also from 那瑪夏.