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Visiting Taiwan’s southern port city of Kaohsiung
Taiwan’s largest port city, as the south’s largest city, has often played second fiddle to the capital Taipei. While not as bustling as Taipei, Kaohsiung is more laidback, less congested, has more temperate weather and is located by the sea. I first went there with family many years ago on a daytrip, then returned in […]
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Bangkok photo roundup
Bangkok is a city I’ve been to numerous times, but which I actually disliked on my first visit. Since then, I’ve grown to enjoy this noisy, modern, scruffy, shiny metropolis. Bangkok is full of history and modern consumption with its grand palace and temples and sleek skyscrapers, a thriving river and smelly klong canals (on […]
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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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Paris photo roundup
I was only in Paris for a few days, but wherever I went, from the famous attractions like the Louvre and Notre Dame, to taking walks to the National Library and along the river, the views were very enjoyable. It’s obvious that a lot of effort is put into preserving not just famous historic buildings […]
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Hiking- Taking in Taipei 101
Taipei’s skyline has long been dominated by one building, Taipei 101, one of the world’s tallest buildings. Nowadays, it still is but it’s got company in the form of the Nan Shan Plaza and at least another skyscraper is under construction in the area. The best way to get an up-close view of Taipei 101 […]
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