Month: November 2018

Lantau, Hong Kong
Hong Kong travel
Photo roundups
Travel

Hong Kong photo roundup

Hong Kong is one of Asia’s busiest, frenetic and crowded cities and boasts the world’s densest collection of skyscrapers. But it is also filled with mountains, country parks, beaches and islands. Hong Kong actually is made up of three main parts: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. Its outlying southern islands or Islands District, […]

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Southern Branch of National Palace Museum, Chiayi, Taiwan
Museums
Taiwan
Taiwan travel
Travel

Visiting the Southern Branch of Taiwan’s National Palace Museum

Taiwan’s most famous museum is the National Palace Museum (NPM), which houses over a thousand years’ worth of Chinese imperial treasures. Located in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, the NPM only features Chinese exhibits*, not Taiwanese. In order to make its vast holdings more accessible to the nation, Taiwan opened a southern branch of the NPM in […]

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Sukhothai, Thailand
Southeast Asia travel
Thailand travel
Travel

Exploring Thailand’s first capital Sukothai’s West zone

Sukothai is Thailand’s first capital, having been the seat of the Sukothai kingdom from the mid-13th century to the mid-15th century. While it is no longer a major urban centre, Sukothai is still a fascinating ancient city to explore. It’s divided into several zones with the Central zone being the largest, and the North zone […]

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Nagoya, Japan
Cities
Japan travel
Travel

Visiting Nagoya, one of Japan’s biggest cities

As Japan’s fourth-largest city and the hub of the central Chubu region, Nagoya is one of Japan’s most important cities. But for travel, it’s not that famous. Now I like visiting different cities, so I decided to give Nagoya a try. That Nagoya lies between Tokyo and Osaka makes it easy to visit, though I […]

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Korakuen garden, Okayama, Japan
Japan travel
Travel

Visiting Okayama’s Korakuen, one of Japan’s best gardens

The Western Japanese city of Okayama might not be too well-known to international visitors, but it is home to Korakuen garden, one of Japan’s three best landscape gardens. Located on a small island in a river, Korakuen (Kōraku-en in Japanese) is a serene and pleasant garden that was built in 1687 by the local feudal lord […]

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Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy
Cities
Europe travel
Italy travel
Photo roundups
Travel

Rome photo roundup

Of all the great cities I visited in Europe, I found Rome to be the most photogenic and fascinating. As a city from which one of the world’s greatest empires arose, Rome combines its vast history with beauty and elegance. I enjoyed the famous sights such as the Forum, Colosseum, and the Castel Sant’Angelo, as […]

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Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama, Japan
Japan travel
Travel

Exploring Matsuyama, the biggest city on Shikoku

As the smallest and least populous of Japan’s four main islands, Shikoku is often overlooked by travellers. The island, nestled below where Honshu (Japan’s largest island) and Kyushu meet, provides visitors a more laid-back experience in Japan.such as an historic 88-temple pilgrimage route, remote valleys, and rugged coastal scenery facing the Pacific. My brief experience of Shikoku was […]

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