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Taiwan
Taiwan travel
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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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Southeast Asia travel
Thailand travel
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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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Cities
Japan travel
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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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Japan travel
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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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Europe travel
Italy travel
Photo roundups
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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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Japan travel
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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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Sri Lanka travel
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Sri Lanka’s hill town of Nuwara Eliya
The mountainous interior of Sri Lanka, Hill Country, is full of mountains, picturesque towns, and hillside plantations where the country’s famous tea is grown. Among the towns in the Hill Country is Nuwara Eliya, considered the centre of the country’s tea industry. As a former British colonial hill station, Nuwara Eliya was a favorite holiday […]
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