Taiwan

Now representing Taiwan — a squad of — destinations, each hand-crafted in watercolor.

The island layers its moods — steaming night market alleys, fog-wrapped mountain temples, wild Pacific cliffs where the sea arrives without apology. Taipei's density gives way surprisingly fast to gorge country and hot spring villages nestled in bamboo forest, and the light on the northeast coast in October has an almost melancholy clarity that is hard to forget.