Category: Asia
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Kiana in Korea – Visiting Seoul and the DMZ
My sister, Kiana, came to visit Nicole and I in Korea. It’s the first part of her multi-week Asia adventure. She flew into Incheon and took the bus to Seoul arriving Thursday. Nicole and I took a bus up after work Friday and met her in Itaewon for some weekend shenanigans. Our first night we…
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Day 4 in Taiwan – Movies, Ferris Wheels, and Night Markets
This was our last full day in Taipei, Taiwan. We had a blast traveling around the city and making a few day trips to the outskirts. If you missed the first few posts, you can read about them here. Our Last Full Day in Taiwan Nicole and I got up and headed to the Starbucks…
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Day 3 in Taiwan – Spanish Forts, Taiwanese Beaches, and British Consulates
We woke promptly at sometime, probably 9, that sounds about right, and embarked for Bai Sha Wan beach. The beach was about two hours travel north, outside of Taipei and along the coast. It was a beautiful beach and for the life of us we could not properly pronounce it. I asked several people and…
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Day 2 in Taiwan – massages, night markets, and toilet restaurants Part Two
This is a continuation of the very long second day in Taiwan. Part one is about Zhinan temple and pandas. Read it first. Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall From the Zhinan temple, Nicole and I took the gondola back down the mountain and transferred to the MRT. We rode it all the way back into…
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Day 2 in Taiwan – Pandas and Gondolas Part One
To read about our first day in Taipei, Taiwan, click here. Pandamonium On our second day in Taipei, Taiwan, Nicole and I took the subway, or MRT, across town to the Taipei zoo to see pandas, Nicole’s favorite animal. Taipei is one of the few zoos in the world that has pandas so it was a must…
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Day 1 in Taiwan – Skyscrapers, pizza, memorial halls
Over Chuseok break this year, Nicole and I visited beautiful Taipei, Taiwan. It was quite an adventure getting there. First we took a bus from Gwangyang to Busan which was about 2.5 hours. We stayed the night in Busan and visited a little Hamburger joint down by Haeundae beach. The next morning we flew out of Busan and…
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Returning to Korea and Orientation
Nicole and I returned to Korea after a day later than we’d originally intended thanks in part to some last minute snafus with our visas. We ended up getting them the day before we flew to Korea and hurriedly packing before flying out. Orientation We had a week long orientation when we arrived. The orientation…
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Our Last Days in India – Defense Colony and Laj Pat Nager Bazaar
July 5th Yesterday Nicole and I didn’t do much of anything. We were both feeling a little under the weather on account of the constant traveling and heavy pollution in Delhi. We laid around our AirBnB and ate delicious curry from the vegetarian place around the corner. That evening, however, tragedy struck. The water in…
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India-ception – visiting Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal
Nicole and I woke up at the crack of dawn, or several hours before it, 5am to be exact and walked up the road to the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal East Gate was a few minutes walking distance from our hotel. We were two of probably the first hundred guests into the complex. It…