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Getting High: Sunrise in Alishan

February 12, 2013

After my first weekend in Taipei I began making my way down south. While researching cool things to do in the country I came across a post about a cloud sea and sunrise in Alishan on the (sadly now defunct) blog 12FOOT3. The photos ...Read More

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Gondolas and Green Tea: An Afternoon in Maokong

February 6, 2013

If you have more than 48 hours in Taipei, you can easily escape the city with a trip to the tea farming suburb of Maokong. Maokong used to be the biggest tea producing city in Taipei and although it no longer holds that title ...Read More

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48 Hours in Taipei

February 4, 2013

This post was originally going to be titled “24 Hours in Taipei”. I figured that because I’d lived in Seoul for two years and had spent five days in Tokyo last fall I had seen all big, east Asian cities had to offer. Then ...Read More

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2012 In Review

December 31, 2012

It’s the final day of the year which means it is time for yet another recap of 2012. The blog has been kind of quiet the past couple weeks while I’ve enjoyed my time at home with my family and friends, but don’t worry, ...Read More

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Flashback Friday: How a Hotel Saved a Trip to Dublin

November 30, 2012

It was late January, two weeks into my semester studying in Rome, and my two roommate’s and I decided that we wanted to spend just about every weekend in a different European country. We had a really random trip to Liverpool planned for the ...Read More

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Searching for Fall Colors at Seoraksan National Park

November 14, 2012

Seoraksan National Park, a nature reserve 163.6 sqaure kilometers in size and located in Korea’s Gangwon Province, is known for its spectacular fall colors. Hikers from all over the country swarm to the park’s many mountains with hopes of finding the place awash with ...Read More

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Capture the Seasons

November 7, 2012

As much as I tend to complain about the extreme heat of summer and bone chilling temperatures of winter, I really enjoy the changing of the seasons. That’s not to say I wouldn’t enjoy living somewhere with a temperature consistently in the 60s, but there is ...Read More

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A Day Trip to Hakone

October 31, 2012

When I decided to take a day trip out of Tokyo, Hakone seemed like the perfect choice. Located about 80 kilometers from Tokyo, this quaint town in the mountains is famous for its abundance of onsen, traditional Japanese hot springs. This, and the possibility ...Read More

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Scenes of Tokyo

October 24, 2012

My favorite part of Tokyo was wandering around all the different neighborhoods and observing the idiosyncrasies of each. Take a look at some of my favorite scenes of Tokyo… 1. Takeshita Dori in Harajuku Takeshita Dori, a street running perpendicular from Harajuku Station, is known for ...Read More

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