Julia Ross
writer + traveler
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My essay for the Travel Channel's World Hum, Six Degrees of Vietnam, was shortlisted for Best American Travel Writing 2009, edited by Simon Winchester. |
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New Year's in Taiwan: Temples, Not Toasts (January 2009)
What I Picked Up About Trash in Taipei (December 2007)
Chasing Chiang: Follow the Leader in Taiwan (March 2007)
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Across the Taiwan Strait, Art is Thicker Than Water (August 2007)
A Stitch in Time (June 2007)
Taiwan's Statue Wars (May 2007)
Making Tracks (April 2007)
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Tales of a Second Grade Traveler (June 2010)
Ten Inspirational Women Travelers (June 2009)
My Twice-Cooked Pork Epiphany (April 2009)
Six Great Women Travelers in Asia (March 2009)
Six Degrees of Vietnam (November 2008)
Audio Slideshow: Notes From An Unofficial Tourist Greeter (Sept 2008)
Talking Trash in Taiwan (March 2008)
Eric Weiner: On Following Your Bliss (February 2008)
2008 U.S. Presidential Candidate Travel Scorecard (January 2008)
Review: Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff (September 2007)
Le Club Tintin (August 2007)
The Headmaster, The Terrorists, and Me (October 2004)

End of A Great Ride (June 2009)
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Empires Strike Bags (June/July 2008)

That Elusive Chinese Word (June 2008)
Taipei's Historic Military Villages Face Extinction (November 2006)
To Get To Know the Real Chinatown, Don Some Headphones (September 2004)

Washington, D.C.'s Old U.S. Patent Office Is Reborn As Museum for American Works (July 2006)
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D.C.'s Church Row Reflects Diversity (April 2006)
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Father Wished the World for Daughters (June 2005)
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SARS Search (May 2003)