Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly collection through which NPR’s worldwide crew shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the globe.
In November, throughout one of many final weeks of my posting in Taiwan, I went to my favourite place there: the crimson cypress forests of Alishan, a area famend for its misty mountains and glorious high-altitude tea.
I cherished the volcanic treks and gorgeous, cerulean coastlines of Taiwan, nevertheless it was these historical forests that I got here to like essentially the most. Their mossy glory and stillness felt timeless, and so they helped me discover an inside calm after years of fast-paced, usually hectic reporting. On this image, the late-afternoon solar was peeking by means of this grove of cypresses at simply the fitting angle. One other hiker strolling previous me commented that the rays have been like “god’s smile.”
See extra images from around the globe:
- Greetings from Odesa, Ukraine, the place a Black Sea seashore provides respite from battle
- Greetings from Shenyang, China, the place employees kind AI information in ‘Severance’-like methods
- Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand resort named for a warrior queen
- Greetings from Mexico Metropolis, the place these canine experience a bus to and from college
- Greetings from the Galápagos Islands, the place the blue-footed booby exhibits its colours
- Greetings from Afrin, Syria, the place Kurds danced their hearts out to have a good time spring
- Greetings from Dharamshala, India, the place these Tibetan youngsters have been having one of the best time
- Removed from the entrance traces, Ukrainians battle a battle to protect their tradition
- As Greenland prepares for tourism enhance, a second of stillness
