One complaint I’ve heard a lot lately is that modern cars all look the same. While I don’t really have an opinion about that matter, perhaps it’s true about cities around the world now that a large part of the world is developing fast. I decided to have a look at various cities along the [...]
… springtime in Beijing is fleeting, so we should enjoy it while we can. As a former journalist for daily newspapers, I’ve learned that all you can hope for is that your story is an accurate reflection of what happens on a given day. It’s a snapshot, that’s all. By tomorrow, everything may have changed [...]
I haven’t had much spare time since I moved to the US, but during weekends and holidays we’ve occasionally been around some of the more scenic spots of the Bay Area. There’s no lack of beautiful nature in the vicinity; from Big Basin to Yosemite, there’s an abundance of national parks. Not as well-known, but [...]
Wukailong and I wish everyone a very merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah and in a few days, a great New Year. Rather than a white Christmas, down here in San Diego our Christmases are a bit balmier. However, we still get into the spirit in a different sort of way. Here are a few pix taken [...]
Aerial photographer Chi Po-lin (齊柏林) put together this 19 minute presentation filled with different video clips filmed all over Taiwan, showing the incredible beauty of the island. Afterwards, he shows individual aerial photos and describes each place. Unfortunately for non-Chinese speakers, the lecture is in Mandarin so you’ll have to figure out the different places he [...]
Chile is a land of contrasts. In the northern part of the country is the Atacama Desert where not a single drop of rainfall has ever been recorded. It is a land of high altitudes, barren landscapes, the world’s largest deposits of copper along with native Indians wearing the flat brimmed hats you associate with [...]
Most of our readers are fond of travel and life in other countries and cultures, so I thought I’d present what many of you may have already seen, Matt Harding making his way around the world, dancing everywhere he went. What started as a way to tie his various trips together ended up, after one [...]
I was over at Michael Turton’s excellent blog The View from Taiwan, and came across a video he had linked to called Time for Taiwan – My Beautiful Island. This is an international promotion film put out by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau and directed by Johnason Lo. The Tourism Bureau wanted a film that appealed to four [...]
On a recent trip to Taiwan, I decided I wanted to find a few worthwhile day trips and explore some places I hadn’t been to in the past. Having lived there for a few years around the turn of the century, I had seen quite a bit of the island but not many people realize [...]
