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Europe travel
Germany travel
Museums
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Visiting Berlin’s German Historical Museum
Berlin is ideal for museum enthusiasts like myself because of its multitude of museums. It even has a Museum Island, a cluster of museums on the northern half of an island in the Spree River, right in the middle of the city. Museum Island consists of five museums, each with a different focus and each […]
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Hikes
Hong Kong travel
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Hiking Hong Kong’s Braemar Hill
Hong Kong is covered with hills, and Hong Kong Island, where most of the business skyscrapers are, is no different. If anything, this just makes for a very striking contrast when you have forested hills and skyscrapers juxtaposed with each other. While the famous Peak view lets you see Hong Kong’s Central business district from […]
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Cities
Malaysia travel
Southeast Asia travel
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Visiting Malacca
The first place I ever visited in Malaysia was Malacca, the famous port city for which the adjacent strait is named after. Malacca has a very mixed background. It used to be a powerful Malay sultanate, but was conquered by the Portuguese in 1511, who in turn were defeated by the Dutch in 1641. In […]
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Museums
South Korea travel
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Visiting the National Museum of Korea
South Koreans are known to be proud of their history and culture, and their national history museum demonstrates this quite well. The National Museum of Korea is a massive, imposing building that contrasts with a pleasant artificial lake in front. The building’s entrance is a huge, conical glass section that leads directly to the exhibits […]
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Museums
South Korea travel
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Visiting Seoul’s War Memorial of Korea museum
Seoul is a great city to visit for many reasons, one of them being that it has several impressive museums like the National Museum of Korea history museum and the War Memorial of Korea. The War Memorial of Korea is the most impressive military museum I’ve ever visited. It has an actual air armada and […]
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Japan travel
Museums
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Visiting the Tokyo National Museum
Despite its name, Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s main history museum as well as the country’s largest art museum. Located in Tokyo’s Ueno Park and built in 1872, the museum features several large collections in separate buildings. I’ve been to this museum twice and I still haven’t seen everything. The Tokyo National Museum is the best […]
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Museums
Singapore travel
Southeast Asia travel
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Visiting Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum
Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum brings together exhibits from across Asia including China, India, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Burma, Indonesia etc). It also features a few contemporary art works from local and regional artists. The Tang Shipwreck exhibition showcases Chinese objects salvaged from the wreck of a 9th century ship that was sailing from China to […]
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