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Taipei

Taiwan flies under the radar as a tourist destination. You never really hear much about it, especially compared to the likes of Thailand or even the Philippines, even though the place is pretty...

Indonesian Temples

Indonesia was a rather unfortunate trip. Only a couple of days in, during surfing lessons on Bali, I ended up with a cracked rib after getting hit by another future surfer’s board. I spent the...

Lebanon

Beirut The vibe and the overall atmosphere of Beirut make it a pretty captivating city, and it’d even make a great weekend break. Large parts of the city look and feel European, with its...

The Great Wall

A few hikes on the Great Wall

Jinshanling to Simatai

The Wall running along the mountain ridge

Huanghua

Gubeikou to Jinshanling

Village dinner

Thai Islands

2.5 weeks in Thailand not long before Covid put a halt on flights and traveling. I had been to Thailand before and had done all the usual sights and places, so this trip would be just about Thai food...

Pingyao 平遥

Not a very well-known place outside of China, but Pingyao was China’s financial powerhouse until the beginning of the 20th century. The city dates back around 2,800 years, but its present form...

Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia, despite the name, is actually in China. It’s a massive, crescent-shaped province that wraps around the country of Mongolia, aka Outer Mongolia, before pushing further North into...

Harbin

Another trip to the far North of China, but this time in January. At the train station in Harbin, they helpfully installed a thermometer right above the platform, so that as soon as you step off your...

North Korean Arts

A couple of quick videos from some of the performances I attended in Pyongyang Circus The circus is entirely acrobatics-based, so no animals are involved. The opening segment does reference the...

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