Letter From Taitung

Living with cobras and deer: A Singaporean opts for the slow life in eastern Taiwan

Ms Kennie Chan and her husband Can Lu in front of their rice field. ST PHOTO: YIP WAI YEE
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TAITUNG, Taiwan – I was admiring the jackfruit trees in the front yard when my host told me to look out for the cobras.

“I think there are at least two of them, so watch your step,” Ms Kennie Chan said, while she casually sipped on a cup of hot ginger tea. 

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